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A blossoming romance: gamete interactions in flowering plants

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Since the discovery of double fertilization over a century ago, proteins mediating gamete interactions in flowering plants have remained elusive. A lily protein located at the sperm-cell surface that is required for fertilization offers new hope in understanding this crucial process.

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Figure 1: Pollen tube guidance pathway and double fertilization.

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