藠头大小孢子的发生及雌雄配子体败育的细胞学研究

对栽培头4个品种大小孢子发生和雌雄配子体发育的细胞学观察表明,头小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程基本正常,四分体左右对称或四面体型,部分单核小孢子解体。散粉时,多数花粉粒空瘪,无萌发沟;部分花粉粒具单核或二核;极少数花粉粒具生殖核和营养核。花粉粒生活力低或无,无花粉管萌发。胚囊发育属葱型,部分能发育形成四核胚囊,大部分发育异常,出现二核至五核胚囊,未观察到正常七细胞八核胚囊的形成。结果表明,雌雄配子体败育导致头不结实。     

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜在植物学中的应用

激光扫描共聚焦显微镜(LSCM)是普通光学显微镜与激光和计算机及其相应的软件技术组合的产物,实现了连续光学切片,能在亚细胞水平观察细胞骨架的动态变化、细胞内特异蛋白、钙等离子的变化,并结合电生理等技术观察细胞生理活动与细胞形态及运动变化的相互关系。并广泛应用于生物三维结构重组及动态分析。本文综述了应用激光扫描共聚焦显微镜技术在植物细胞学、植物发育、组织化学以及基因表达、检测等领域取得的进展。     

八角莲大孢子发生和雌配子体形成

首次报道了八角莲(Dysosma versipellis (Hance)M.cheng)大孢子发生和雌配子体形成的过程.结果:双珠被,多为厚珠心胚珠,少数为假厚珠心,胚珠多为横生,少数为弯生;边缘胎座,子房一室,多胚珠,珠孔由两层珠被共同形成,呈"之"字形;多为单孢原,位于珠心表皮下:偶见2～3个孢原细胞位于珠心表皮下;大孢子母细胞有两种发生方式;直线形大孢子四分体,合点端的大孢子发育为功能大孢子,蓼型胚囊;成熟胚囊中,二个极核在受精前合并为次生核;三个反足细胞不发达,较早退化;"品"字形卵器极性明显,其中卵细胞与助细胞极性相反;助细胞发达,其丝状器在不同发育时期形态及大小不同,且具吸器功能.     

依兰(番荔枝科)雌配子体发育研究

荔枝科是被子植物的基部类群之一,依兰属是番荔枝科较为原始的类群,其有性生殖过程,特别是胚胎发生与发育的研究结果,可以补充被子植物胚胎学原始特征的相关基础资料。该研究利用常规石蜡切片技术,对依兰胚珠、大孢子和雌配子体的发生发育过程进行了观察。结果表明:依兰的胚珠为倒生胚珠、厚珠心、三层珠被,第三层珠被(中间珠被)发生在大孢子母细胞时期,于外珠被与内珠被之间、胚珠合点端两侧发生并隆起;雌配子体为蓼型。此外,依兰的个别胚珠中存在双雌配子体现象,且两个雌配子体均由大孢子母细胞发育而来,大小、形状相近,呈线形排列。该研究结果对于揭示原始被子植物胚胎发育特征具有重要意义。     

防风大、小孢子发生与雌、雄配子体发育的研究

利用常规石蜡制片法研究了防风大、小孢子发生及其雌、雄配子体的发育过程。主要结果是：(1)小孢子母细胞减数分裂过程中的胞质分裂为同时型,小孢子四分体为四面体形;(2)成熟的花粉粒为三细胞型,具3个孔沟;(3)花药壁发育类型为双子叶型。花药壁由4层结构组成：最外层为表皮,其内分别为药室内壁、1层中层、绒毡层,绒毡层为分泌型;(4)防风的子房为2室,每室1胚珠,单珠被,薄珠心,倒生型胚珠。大孢子母细胞经减数分裂形成线形排列的4个大孢子,合点端大孢子具功能;(5)大孢子发生过程中,具有多个孢原细胞及多个大孢子母细胞的现象,但通常只有一个大孢子母细胞能继续发育;(6)胚囊发育属于蓼型;(7)防风的花为极端的雌雄蕊异熟,雄蕊的发育早于雌蕊的发育。     

The role of cytokinin in ovule development in Arabidopsis

The life cycle of higher plants alternates between the haploid gametophyte and diploid sporophyte. The female gametophyte (FG), surrounded by the sporophyte, develops within the ovule and orients along the chalazal/micropylar axis. This polarity is important in cell specification and development for both the ovule and FG. Previously, cytokinin was shown to act in the sporophytic tissue to regulate FG development.^1,2 In the highlighted study,³ we further showed that enriched cytokinin signaling in chalaza, the central domain of the ovule, is required for the specification of the functional megaspore, which usually occurs in the chalazal-most megaspore after meiosis. The restricted cytokinin signaling in the chalaza is achieved by localized cytokinin biosynthesis and perception. Here, we discuss the implications of this and other studies for the understanding of the role of two-component signaling in FG development and the genetic and cellular interactions between gametophytic and sporophytic cells. Further, we show that cytokinin-deficient mutants display distorted cell morphology in the inner integument and elevated mitotic activity in the maternal sporophyte. These results suggest that cytokinin negatively regulates cell proliferation in the sporophytic tissues surrounding the developing FG, consistent with previous results indicating that cytokinin deficiency causes an increase in the number of cells in the embryos and consequently an enlarged seed size.