embryo apical cell
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025284
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: célula apical del embrión (Spanish)
- exact: embryonic meristematic apical cell
- exact: 胚頂端細胞 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A sporophyte meristematic apical cell that is part of a plant embryo and is the uppermost cell formed after the first division of a zygote. [source: ISBN:0471245208, ISBN:9780070588493]
- Comment
- The zygote divides to form an embryo apical cell and an embryo basal cell.
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