- An
archegonium (pl.: archegonia), from the
Ancient Gr**** ἀρχή ("beginning") and γόνος ("offspring"), is a
multicellular structure or
organ of the gametophyte...
-
archegonia (singular:
archegonium) and are
protected by the thin
surrounding perichaetum (plural: perichaeta). Each
archegonium has a
slender hollow tube...
- land plants,
fertilisation of the
sperm and egg
takes place within the
archegonium. In seed plants, the male
gametophyte is
formed within a
pollen grain...
- (singular antheridium) and the egg-producing ones
archegonia (singular
archegonium).
Antheridia and
archegonia occur on the same gametophyte,
which is then...
- the
zygote is
formed within a
chamber called the
archegonium. In
seedless plants, the
archegonium is
usually flask-shaped, with a long
hollow neck through...
- to the
inside of the
archegonium on a
parental gametophyte from
which the egg cell was generated. The
inner wall of the
archegonium lies in
close contact...
- gametophytes) and
archegonia (s.g.
archegonium)
which release a
single oosphere. The
antherozoid swims up the
archegonium and
fertilize the oosphere, resulting...
- and the egg
cells form
within them via mitosis. The
typical bryophyte archegonium consists of a long neck with a
wider base
containing the egg cell. Upon...
- cells. The
female counterpart to the
antheridium in
cryptogams is the
archegonium, and in
flowering plants is the gynoecium. An
antheridium typically consists...
-
develops by cell
division of the
zygote within the
female ****
organ or
archegonium, and in its
early development is
therefore nurtured by the gametophyte...
