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From: The Transcriptome of Cunninghamia lanceolata male/female cone reveal the association between MIKC MADS-box genes and reproductive organs development

Fig. 3

Morphology of C. lanceolata female and male cones. a Female cone with scale and macrosporophyll (b). b Enlarged macrosporophyll with ovule at the base of the bract-scale (ovuliferous scale). c Enlargement of the circle in B. Representative ovule with nucellus (c), integument (d), and lobe (e). d Male cone microsporophyll (indicated by arrow) bearing pollen sacs (a’). e Enlarged microsporophyll bearing two pollen sacs (a’). f Enlargement of pollen, arrow point at pollen aperture. Scale bar: A = 2 mm; B, D = 1 mm; C = 100um; E = 400um; F = 10um

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