File:EB1911 Plants (Cytology) - fertilization in the lily.jpg

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English: Plant cytology: fertilization in the lily.

Date

published 1911

Source

Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 21, 1911, “Plants,” p. 769, fig. 3.

Author

From Wilson. After Guignard and Mottier.

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This image comes from the 13^th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

English: Legend:

a, Antipodal cell; sp, polar nuclei; pt, pollen tube.

A, Two vermiform nuclei in the embryo sac; one approaching the egg-nucleus, the other uniting with the upper polar nucleus.

B, Union of the vermiform nuclei with the egg-nucleus and the two polar nuclei.

C, Fusion of the germ nuclei in the egg-cell.

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