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NARRATOR: In flowering plants, pollination occurs when pollen grains are transferred from the stamens to the ovules. From the anther the pollen grains are first deposited on the pistil's surface, the stigma. There they germinate and form pollen tubes, which grow downward through the style toward the ovules. Fertilization occurs as a sperm cell in a pollen tube fuses with the egg cell of an ovule, resulting in a plant embryo.
Through a time-lapse camera attached to a microscope, we can see these pollen grains at work. The pollen tubes grow out of the grains, becoming longer and longer, and move through the pistil toward the flower's ovules. Inside the tubes are the sperm cells that will fertilize the egg cells and cause them to develop into seeds.
Through a time-lapse camera attached to a microscope, we can see these pollen grains at work. The pollen tubes grow out of the grains, becoming longer and longer, and move through the pistil toward the flower's ovules. Inside the tubes are the sperm cells that will fertilize the egg cells and cause them to develop into seeds.
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