Germline fate in pollen
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellHuang and Sun explore how germline fate is suppressed in vegetative cells but not in sperm cells of pollen.
By Xiaorong Huang and Meng-Xiang Sun
College of Life Science, State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Background: The microspore divides asymmetrically…