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Megaspore

noun
1.
Larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte.  Synonym: macrospore.





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... which Gates has been a pioneer and one of the most industrious and successful investigators. The behaviour of the chromosomes in meiosis or reduction division both in the pollen mother-cells and in the megaspore mother-cells which give rise to the so-called embryo-sac are fully described by Gates. Here it is only necessary to refer to the abnormalities in the reduction division which are related to mutation, and the results of these abnormalities in the number of chromosomes. The ...
— Hormones and Heredity • J. T. Cunningham


Words linked to "Megaspore" :   macrospore, spore


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