AUTHOR=Ohnishi Yukinosuke , Kawashima Tomokazu TITLE=Plasmogamic Paternal Contributions to Early Zygotic Development in Flowering Plants JOURNAL=Frontiers in Plant Science VOLUME=11 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00871 DOI=10.3389/fpls.2020.00871 ISSN=1664-462X ABSTRACT=
Flowering plant zygotes possess complete developmental potency, and the mixture of male and female genetic and cytosolic materials in the zygote is a trigger to initiate embryo development. Plasmogamy, the fusion of the gamete cytoplasms, facilitates the cellular dynamics of the zygote. In the last decade, mutant analyses, live cell imaging-based observations, and direct observations of fertilized egg cells by