microsporocyte
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020047
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: microspore mother cell
- related: PMC
- related: pollen mother cell
- narrow: Poaceae microsporocyte
- narrow: Zea microsporocyte
- alt_id: PO:0006451
- alt_id: PO:0006479
- exact: microsporocito (Spanish)
- exact: 小胞子母細胞 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A sporocyte (PO:0006204) that produces four haploid (1n) microspores (PO:0020048). [source: ISBN:0878934030, POC:Laurel_Cooper]
- Comment
- If you are annotating to this structure for Zea mays or other grasses, please also add an annotation to the corresponding floret type. Choose the most specific term possible from: spikelet floret (PO:0009082), tassel floret (PO:0006310), lower floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006313), lower floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006315), upper floret of pedicellate spikelet of tassel (PO:0006314), upper floret of sessile spikelet of tassel (PO:0006316).
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