The Cat Who Could Read Backwards. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards is the first novel in Lilian Jackson Braun's The Cat Who... series, published in 1966. In the first book of the series, the reader is introduced to James Mackintosh Qwilleran (Qwill), a former crime reporter turned newsman on The Daily Fluxion.
Fertilization and Seed. Once one sperm reaches and fertilizes the egg, a seed begins to develop. The second sperm combines with cells known as polar nuclei, and an endosperm is created. This endosperm contains starch and serves as food for the growing seed. Over time, the ovary grows and becomes fruit.
FIG. 8 The process of fertilization in the ovum of a mouse. (After Sobotta.). Fertilization consists in the union of the spermatozooen spermatozoÃ¶n with the mature (Ovum. fig). 8