Fig. 3: Male gametophyte development in pineapple. | Horticulture Research

Fig. 3: Male gametophyte development in pineapple.

From: Characterization of germline development and identification of genes associated with germline specification in pineapple

Fig. 3: Male gametophyte development in pineapple.

A–J DIC observations of semithin section of anthers at the pollen mother cell (A, F), tetrad (B, G), mononuclear pollen (C, H), bicellular pollen (D, I) and tricellular pollen (E, J) stages. K–P. Chromosome spreading of pollen mother cells undergoing meiosis at the leptatene (K), zygotene (L), pachytene (M), late diplotene and diakinesis (N), metaphase I (O) and telophase I (P) stages. Red arrowheads indicate the male gametophyte nucleus. A–J, Bars = 20 μm, K–P, Bars = 5 μm

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