VIP: Pollen Grain and Embryo Sac

Provide both name and function labels:

→ Pollen Wall -
recognition → Tube Cell -
path to egg → Nucleus -
transcription → Nucleolus -
transcription!! → Cytosol -
biochem → Generative Cell -
÷ 2 sperm → Nucleus - replication → Nucleolus - transcription → Cytosol - biochem → Integument -
→ seed coat → Funiculus -
nutrient import → Micropyle -
pollen tube entry → Antipodals - disintegrate → Central Cell -
→ endosperm → Egg + sperm → zygote → Synergid - sperm release

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