. Fecundation in plants. Plant embryology; Plants, Sex in; Karyokinesis. FUCACE^. S7 with its cytoplasm, while the nucleus alone proceeds toward that of the egg. However, the body which approaches the egg-nucleus is wedge-shaped or narrowed slightly at one end. When the sperm- nucleus reaches that of the egg it is about the size of the nucleolus of the latter (Fig. 30, A). It appears as a densely stained and somewhat flattened or lens-shaped body closely applied to the egg-nucleus (Fig. 30, B). An increase in size now follows, during which the denser appearance gives way to that of a less comp
. Fecundation in plants. Plant embryology; Plants, Sex in; Karyokinesis. FUCACE^. S7 with its cytoplasm, while the nucleus alone proceeds toward that of the egg. However, the body which approaches the egg-nucleus is wedge-shaped or narrowed slightly at one end. When the sperm- nucleus reaches that of the egg it is about the size of the nucleolus of the latter (Fig. 30, A). It appears as a densely stained and somewhat flattened or lens-shaped body closely applied to the egg-nucleus (Fig. 30, B). An increase in size now follows, during which the denser appearance gives way to that of a less compact structure (Fig. 30, C). It is now seen (Strasburger, '97, p. 364) that the sperm-nucleus possesses a thread-like framework. With further increase in size the. Fig. 30.—Fecundation in Fucus. A-D, Fucus vesiculosus, E, F. serratus.—(After Strasburger.) A, Egg-cell ten minutes after mixing of sexual elements ; male nucleus applied to that of egg. B, same two nuclei more highly magnified. C, similar to B; sperm nucleus lies between the observer and egg-nucleus. D,fusion of nuclei has progressed further; lo minutes after mixing of sexual elements. £^ i^ days after fecundation; fusion nucleus preparing for division; poles of future spindle present, but limits of the two nuclei still recognizable; the part derived from male nucleus (on the left) has also a nucleolus. chromatin thread becomes more prominent, and the boundary between sperm and egg-nucleus gradually disappears (Fig. 30, D, E). In the meantime a nucleolus is found in that portion of the fusion-nucleus coming from the sperm. This is in all probability not brought in as such, but is developed during the process of fusion much in the same way as in the reconstruction of daughter-nuclei following karyo- kinesis. In no case observed by the authors mentioned was the sperm-nucleus accompanied by a centrosphere or a system of radiations, either during its passage through the cytoplasm or during fusion. Strasburger ('97,
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