That a pollen grain can survive for such a long time span is thanks to an in-house energy production—the mitochondria. "It's a tiny compartment of the cell that is essential for its survival ...

Dr Xand van Tulleken has shared a warning for those who suffer with hay fever - and he's outlined the one thing they can do ...

Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during their movement to the female sex organs in order to effect fertilization.

2. The resting nuclei of the pollen mother cells are characterized by a network of delicate threads. Chromatin granules varying in size are scattered through the chromatic network, but more thickly at ...

scientists at Umeå University have found a way to break open the protective walls of pollen grains—one of the hardest biomaterials in the world—without damaging the inside cell and its ...

1. During late telophase of the last division of the sporogeneous tissue a row of vacuoles appears along the median longitudinal axis of each chromosome, these enlarging until each member is a ...

Scientists at Umeå University have found a way to break open the protective walls of pollen grains – one of the hardest biomaterials in the world – without damaging the inside cell and its ...

He explains that each pollen grain contains a tiny capsule, a cell that carries the male genetic material necessary for the next generation of plants. When a pollen grain encounters a female plant ...