Pollen form two sperm cells. The sperm cells are carried to their destination in the tip of the pollen tube. Double-strand breaks in DNA that arise during pollen tube growth appear to be efficiently repaired in the generative cell that carries the male genomic information to be passed on to the next plant generation. However, the vegetative cell that is responsible for tube elongation appears to lack this DNA repair capability. Pollen's sporopollenin outer sheath affords it some resistance to the rigours of the fossilisation process that destroy weaker objects; it is also produced in huge quantities. There is an extensive
Development of Spore survive in a strange world, with elements of "Nintendogs". The mobile phone version of "Spore", called "Spore Origins", was based on the tide pool phase, in which players try to survive as a multicellular organism, with gameplay similar to "flOw". On March 6, 2008, an iPhone version was demonstrated at Apple's iPhone SDK press event, though there was no commitment to ship such a product given at that event. The iPhone-Spore demo made use of the device's touch capabilities and 3-axis accelerometer. Electronic Arts confirmed on March 31, 2008 that "Spore" would be receiving post-release expansion packs. Only one expansion