Comparison of Wild-Type and Mutant <I>Physcomitrella patens</I> Sperm (VIDEO)

University of Maryland

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On the left, wild-type (normal) P. patens sperm (in red circle) swim toward the archegonia, eventually finding and entering the egg-containing organ. On the right, mutant sperm (green circle) swims but does not approach the archegonia.

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Carlos Ortiz-Ramírez, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência

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