tube cell

American  

[toob sel, tyoob] / ˈtub ˌsɛl, ˈtjub /

noun

1. Botany. Also called vegetative cell. the reproductive cell in a pollen grain that develops into a pollen tube, from which a seed-bearing plant's male gametes are transported to the ovule for fertilization.

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tube cell Scientific  

/ to̅o̅b /

1. The cell in the pollen grain that develops into the pollen tube (the tube which conveys the male gametes of seed-bearing plants to the ovule).

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tube cell

Each divides to produce a generative and a tube cell.

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The pollen grain undergoes mitosis, producing a generative cell and a tube cell.

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The generative cell is contained within the larger pollen tube cell.

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Upon germination, the tube cell forms the pollen tube through which the generative cell migrates to enter the ovary.

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Mature pollen grains contain two cells: a generative cell and a pollen tube cell.

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