Introduction to Pollen Morphology and Evolution

We have investigated the pollen structure, size, and shape with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). As a team, we have looked at three different flowers and their pollen under the SEM to examine the differences in their pollen.

Plants make flowers to attract pollinators and to sexually reproduce. The male parts creates the pollen and the female parts makes a seed.

Pollen evolves slowly because it is directly related to reproduction leaves change too often and changes in pollen will show the long-time evolution.