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Definition of Ascus

Ascus
Ascus As"cus, n.; pl. Asci. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a bladder.] (Bot.) A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.

Meaning of Ascus from wikipedia

- An ascus (from Ancient Gr**** ἀσκός (askós) 'skin bag, wineskin'; pl.: asci) is the ****ual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi. Each ascus usually...
- The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), or smear test (BE)) is a method...
- Ascus (Ancient Gr****: Ἄσκος) was a giant from ancient Gr**** mythology, who in conjunction with Lycurgus of Thrace chained the god Dionysus and threw him...
- relationships with ascus-bearing taxa, anamorphic species have been grouped into the Ascomycota, despite the absence of the defining ascus. ****ual and a****ual...
- The ascus is a diagnostic morphological feature of the bryozoan suborder Ascophora (hence the name of the suborder). It is a water-filled sac of frontal...
- may refer to: Advertising Standards Council of India Asci, the plural of ascus, in fungal anatomy Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative American Society...
- Basidiomycota. During initial ascus formation in Ascomycota fruitbodies, the crozier helps to maintain the dikaryotic state of both the ascus itself and of the side...
- ascospores enabled by the structure of the ascus and ac****ulation of osmolytes in the fluids of the ascus that lead to explosive discharge of the ascospores...
- pycnidia (singular: pycnidium), shaped like perithecia but without asci (an ascus is the structure that contains and releases the ****ual spores in fungi of...
- Tetraselmis alacris Butcher Tetraselmis apiculata (Butcher) Butcher Tetraselmis ascus (Proskauer) R. E. Norris, Hori & Chihara Tetraselmis astigmatica R. E. Norris...