Cover illustration: The inset cover image shows a gametangium of the charophycean green alga, Chara corallina. Sexual reproduction in this species is a rapid and ephemeral developmental process that includes the formation of these multicellular structures. Employing a combination of screening approaches, Domozych et al. (pp. 1045-1056) report on the polymer constituencies of the cell walls of the various cellular components of the antheridium.
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