title: Organelle alteration as a mechanism for maternal inheritance.
abstract: An ultrastructural study of pollen-derived plants and normal microspore development indicates that chloroplasts and mitochondria are physically altered during microsporogenesis. These changes appear to debilitate the organelle so that only chloroplasts and mitochondria of the female parent are contributed to the offspring.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Vaughn
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Debonte
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Schaffer