Definition of Oospore. Meaning of Oospore. Synonyms of Oospore

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Definition of Oospore

Oospore
Oospore O"["o]*spore, n. [Gr. ? an egg + ? a seed.] (Bot.) (a) A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an o["o]sphere by antherozoids. (b) A fertilized o["o]sphere in the ovule of a flowering plant.

Meaning of Oospore from wikipedia

- An oospore is a thick-walled ****ual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae, fungi, and oomycetes. They are believed to have evolved...
- or bryophytes is an oosphere. When fertilized, the oosphere becomes the oospore.[clarification needed] When egg and sperm fuse during fertilisation, a...
- nucleus and enters a resting stage as a diploid, thick-walled oospore. The germinating oospore undergoes mitosis and gives rise to diploid hyphae which reproduce...
- thickened hard wall to form an oospore that awaits favorable conditions for germination. Upon germination the diploid oospore undergoes meiosis, producing...
- proximal (lower) half of the oogonium (paragyny), and the union producing oospores. Like animals, but not like most true fungi, meiosis is gametic, and somatic...
- basionym Pythium were consistently known to be homothallic. Additionally, oospores have been shown to occur only in specific pairings of certain sporangial...
- and can reproduce both ****ually and a****ually. ****ual reproduction of an oospore is the result of contact between hyphae of male antheridia and female oogonia;...
- fuse together via fertilization tubes. The zygote produced is named an oospore. Saprolegnia is generally a secondary pathogen, though in the right cir****stances...
- slightly longer than the oospore. The species is monoecious and richly fertile oogonia are situated above the antheridia. The oospore is dark brown or black...
- Oospores of Phytophthora agathidicida...