Definition of Prothalli. Meaning of Prothalli. Synonyms of Prothalli

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Definition of Prothalli

Prothalli
Prothallus Pro*thal"lus, n.; pl. Prothalli. [NL., fr. Gr. ? before + ? a young shoot.] (Bot.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the o["o]phoric generation of ferns, etc.

Meaning of Prothalli from wikipedia

- soil. In some genera, such as Coenogonium, the presence of absence of prothalli is an important taxonomic character that is used to help classify species...
- gametophytes that are typically heart shaped and green in color. The gametophyte prothalli, produce motile sperm in the antheridia and egg cells in archegonia on...
- "A Note on the Cytology of Psilotum with Special Reference to Vascular Prothalli from Rangitoto Island". Annals of Botany. 6 (2): 283–292. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals...
- gametophyte grows. In ferns, the gametophytes are small, heart-shaped prothalli that can often be found underneath a spore-shedding adult plant. Bacterial...
- they germinate to produce short, thin, free-living gametophytes called prothalli that are typically heart-shaped, small and green in color. The gametophytes...
- homosporous, though in the field horsetail, smaller spores give rise to male prothalli. The spores have four elaters that act as moisture-sensitive springs,...
- sporophytes, in turn, develop from the fusion of gametes produced by mature prothalli. The synonym Drynaria lends its name to a certain type of prothallial...
- unicellular and colonial algae, fungal spores, mosses protonemata, and prothalli. The third way is a permanent whole mount. Two methods are usually used...
- plant processes. In the first step of this process, gametophytes, or prothalli, express gibberellin (GA) specific genes, which produces a GA intermediate...
- mature at the same time, and the spores grow into surface-dwelling green prothalli beset with club-shaped hairs. There is some dispute about ranking these...