ovule
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In addition to the 45-minute blocking process that prevents multiple sperm from fertilizing the same ovule, a repulsion signal also directs rejected suitors towards other unpaired ovules.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
The tube extends through the style and into the ovary, allowing sperm cells to reach the egg and central cells in an ovule for fertilization.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
Either the ovule or part of the ovary, which is diploid in nature, gives rise to a new seed.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The ovule wall will become part of the fruit.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
One argument that has been adduced in support of the axillary bud theory is derived from the Palaeozoic type Cordaites, in which each ovule occurs on an axis borne in the axil of a bract.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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