Sentence examples for to integument from inspiring English sources

Two ovule mutants have phenotypic properties that would enable a microarray approach to integument gene identification.

More specifically, polar capsules have been shown ontogenetically to be homologous to the atrichous isorhiza [ 8], a type of nematocyst known within Cnidaria as exclusively producing sticky secretions that assist in either capture or adhesion to integument of prey [ 43].

Accordingly, the integrity of the surface membrane of the parasite is altered leading to damage to the integument and causing the death of the fluke [ 4].

This chapter focuses on the recent trends that are applicable to insect integument and color and relevant to the entire field of insect integrative biology.

During pollination, pollen is transferred from its source to a receptive surface: in gymnosperms from the microsporangium to the integument or, especially, the pollination droplet of the ovule (rarely to the cone scale); in angiosperms from the microsporangium (pollen sac) of the anther to the stigma of the carpel.

In every case the cells that give rise to the integuments belong to that class of tissue called epithelium, which in most animals is called epidermis.

Mutations in SHORT INTEGUMENTS2 (SIN2), for example, lead to shorter integuments due to a reduction of cell number [ 9].

These results support our prediction that individuals exposed to high ROS levels should reduce the allocation of carotenoids to the integument, not only producing paler ornaments, but also reducing plasma carotenoid levels.

The transcriptional pWUS: GUS reporter line [ 43] showed that WUS expression gradually becomes restricted to the integument primordia and the nucellus in the stages 2-II to 2-III, until it was only present in the nucellus after stage 2-III.

In addition to the integument phenotypes, both mutants are affected in formation of mature embryo sacs, leading to partial and complete sterility for ino and ant respectively.

BEL1 acts to specify integument identity by controlling AG activity [ 28].