Definition of Tetraspores. Meaning of Tetraspores. Synonyms of Tetraspores

- Tetraspores are red algae spores produced by the tetrasporophytic (diploid) phase in the life history of algae in the Rhodophyta as a result of meiosis...
- thalloid algae. Specimens can reach around 2 mm in size and produce tetraspores. Some currently recognised species: Botrydium becherianum Botrydium corniforme...
- Tetraspores of Polysiphonia...
- singly. with a narrow ostiole from which carpospores are released. The tetraspores occur in spiral series resulting from a simultaneous division into 4...
- sporophyte. The sporophyte then undergoes meiosis to produce haploid tetraspores (which can be male or female) that develop into gametophytes. The three...
- diploid plant. Tetraspores occur in scattered patches sori (spores) on the mature diploid blade. The adult tetrasporophyte produces tetraspores meiotically...
- twenty days these are mature, 20 mm (0.8 in) long or more, and produce tetraspores in concentric rings a millimetre or so wide. By the time the frond reaches...
- form. Hildenbrandia reproduces by means of conceptacles and produces tetraspores. Hildenbrandia cells are around 3–5 μm in diameter and the filaments...
- largest type of spore (larger than bispores, which are larger again than tetraspores). The wall of the carposporangium then breaks down, releasing the spores...
- tetrasporangia, which are produced inside the conceptacles. The way in which the tetraspores are produced is unusual enough to justify the formation of this distinct...