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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 100, 559-565, Copyright © 1991 by Company of Biologists

Submitted on June 25, 1991
Accepted on August 5, 1991

Pollen Development in Orchids. 5. A Generative Cell Domain Involved in Spatial Control of the Hemispherical Cell Plate

R. C. BROWN 1 and B. E. LEMMON 1

1 Department of Biology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA 70504-2451, USA

The unequal first pollen mitosis in moth orchids (Phalaenopsis) is followed by an unusual form of cytokinesis that isolates a small lens-shaped generative cell from a large vegetative cell. No preprophase band of microtubules predicts the division plane and the new cell plate grows completely around the generative cell rather than fusing with the parental wall. Development of the phragmoplast cytoskeleton consisting of fusiform bundles of microtubules and F-actin occurs in three major stages: (1) the initial asymmetrical phragmoplast conforming to the shape of the interzonal region, which tapers from the broad mass of chromosomes at the generative pole to the rounded mass at the vegetative pole; (2) the symmetrical plate-like phragmoplast; and (3) the hemispherical phragmoplast, which curves around the generative nucleus. Microtubules of the generative half of the hemispherical phragmoplast are nuclearbased, while those on the vegetative side terminate in endoplasmic reticulum. The path of the phragmoplast appears to outline a cytoplasmic domain denned by a radial system of microtubules emanating from the generative nucleus.

Key words: cytokinesis, endoplasmic reticulum, mitosis, orchids, phragmoplast, pollen

Submitted on June 25, 1991
Accepted on August 5, 1991




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