%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of aperture number on pollen germination, survival and reproductive success in Arabidopsis thaliana
%A Adrienne Ressayre
%A Ann L Carlson
%A Anna A Dobritsa
%A B¨¦atrice Albert
%A Christine Dillmann
%A Pierre-Henri Gouyon
%A Robert J Swanson
%J Archive of "Annals of Botany".
%D 2018
%R 10.1093/aob/mcx206
%X Pollen grains of flowering plants display a fascinating diversity of forms, including diverse patterns of apertures, the specialized areas on the pollen surface that commonly serve as the sites of pollen tube initiation and, therefore, might play a key role in reproduction. Although many aperture patterns exist in angiosperms, pollen with three apertures (triaperturate) constitutes the predominant pollen type found in eudicot species. The aim of this study was to explore whether having three apertures provides selective advantages over other aperture patterns in terms of pollen survival, germination and reproductive success, which could potentially explain the prevalence of triaperturate pollen among eudicots
%K Pollen aperture
%K Arabidopsis thaliana
%K pollen germination
%K longevity
%K pollen performance
%K competitive pollination
%K reproductive success
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5853032/