Definition of Carpospore. Meaning of Carpospore. Synonyms of Carpospore

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Definition of Carpospore

Carpospore
Carpospore Car"po*spore, n. [Gr. karpo`s + -spore.] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red alg[ae]. -- Car`po*spor"ic, a.

Meaning of Carpospore from wikipedia

- A carpospore is a diploid spore produced by red algae. After fertilization, the alga's carpogonium subdivides into carpospores, and generally the largest...
- organ), which then divides to form carposporangiawhich produce carpospores. Carpospores germinate into gametophytes, which produce sporophytes. Both of...
- Light microscopy of Polysiphonia showing a carpospores and carposporophyte inside...
- produce gametes which fuse to form a diploid carposporophyte, which forms carpospores, which develops into the sporophyte. The sporophyte then undergoes meiosis...
- anisocarpic, Carpo, carpogonium, carpology, carpophagous, carpop****, carpospore, cystocarp, dipterocarp, endocarp, epicarp, exocarp, Karpos, mericarp...
- fertilized, now diploid, carposporangia after mitosis produce spores (carpospores) which settle, then bore into s****, germinate and form a filamentous...
- special protective envelope (as in Polysiphonia). The structure from which carpospores are released. "meaning of cystocarp". Maggs, C.A. and Hommersand, M.H...
- surrounded by the haploid pericarp of the parent female plant. The diploid carpospores produced in the carposporangium when released are non-motile, they settle...
- organ), which then divides to form carposporangia - which produce carpospores. Carpospores germinate into gametophytes, which produce sporophytes. Both of...
- reproduces by means of conceptacles; it produces tetraspores, dispores and carpospores. The genus has lignin and contains secondary cell walls, traits which...