tetrad of megaspores
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025227
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: tétrada de megasporas (Spanish)
- exact: 大胞子の四分子 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue consisting of four megaspores that remained joined together shortly after meiosis. One cell will give rise to a female gametophyte. [source: POC:Ramona_Walls]
- Comment
- Usually only one of the four megaspores develops and the other three die.
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