gametangium
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gametangia
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gametangia
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Origin of gametangium
From New Latin, dating back to 1885–90; see origin at gamet-, angio-, -ium
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Many seedless plants produce sperm equipped with flagella that enable them to swim in a moist environment to the archegonia: the female gametangium.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Four major adaptations are found in all terrestrial plants: the alternation of generations, a sporangium in which the spores are formed, a gametangium that produces haploid cells, and apical meristem tissue in roots and shoots.
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Many seedless plants produce sperm equipped with flagella that enable them to swim in a moist environment to the archegonia, the female gametangium.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
In a process called plasmogamy, the gametangia fuse to form a zygosporangium with multiple haploid nuclei.
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In the gametangia, precursor cells give rise to gametes by mitosis.
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After germinating from a spore, the resulting gametophyte produces both male and female gametangia, usually on the same individual.
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If the plus and minus mating types are in close proximity, extensions called gametangia form between them.
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The cytology of zygospore-formation is not known in detail; the so-called gametes which fuse are multinucleate and are no doubt of the nature of gametangia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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