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Ultrastructure of organelles during microsporogenesis inTillandsia pallidoflavens (Bromeliaceae)

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InTillandsia pallidoflavens none of the organelles undergoes fundamental de- and redifferentiation during microsporogenesis. The plastids are amoeboid, exhibit complex internal structures and gradually start accumulating polysaccharides from meiotic prophase I onwards. These observations contradict reports for other taxa. The ultrastructure of mitochondria and dictyosomes, respectively, is more or less orthodox. The extensive ER, which is only poorly stained by standard methods was identified by image intensifiying techniques. The ribosomes are not only associated with the ER or occur as polyribosomes free in the cytoplasm, but can also form more or less dense clusters.

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Hess, M.W. Ultrastructure of organelles during microsporogenesis inTillandsia pallidoflavens (Bromeliaceae). Pl Syst Evol 176, 63–74 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00937946

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