Definition & Meaning | English word TETRASPOROPHYTE
TETRASPOROPHYTE
Definitions of TETRASPOROPHYTE
- A sporophyte, in red algae, that produce tetraspores (actually meiospores)
Number of letters
15
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using TETRASPOROPHYTE in a Sentence
- armata gametophyte grows into adult form and goes through fecundation to produce diploid carposporophyte; which, then, divide into tetrasporophyte that goes through meiosis to be developed into the gametophyte.
- Like most red seaweeds, Jania exhibit a triphasic life cycle wherein aside from the free-living haploid (gametophyte) and diploid (tetrasporophyte) generations, another diploid generation that is parasitic to the gametophyte, the carposporophyte.
- The diploid carposporophyte releases carpospores that develop into a diploid tetrasporophyte which undergoes meiosis to form four haploid tetraspores which will form 50/50 male and female gametophytes.
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