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GAMETANGIA [3 records]

Record 1 2013-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mosses and Related Plants
CONT

Gametangia are typically clustered with interspersed, sterile hairs, called paraphyses, at shoot or branch apices.

OBS

paraphyses: plural.

Key term(s)
  • paraphyses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mousses et plantes apparentées
DEF

Filament retrouvé à l’intérieur de l’involucre, parmi les archégones et les anthéridies, servant à la protection de ces derniers.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

A gamete mother cell.

OBS

gametangia : plural.

Key term(s)
  • gametangia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Organe qui contient les gamètes (cellules de reproduction).

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Fungi and Myxomycetes
DEF

A sexual spore resulting directly from fusion of morphologically similar gametangia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Champignons et myxomycètes
DEF

Cellule particulière des champignons de la classe des Zygomycètes, qui évoque un zygote du fait qu'elle résulte d'une gamétangie ou fusion sexuelle de deux rameaux (sans pourtant qu'il y ait de gamètes individualisés), et une spore du fait de ses parois épaisses, de son aptitude à la dispersion et de sa résistance aux conditions défavorables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Hongos y mixomicetos
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