plant spore stage
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0025375
- Aspect
- plant structure development stage
- Synonyms
- exact: etapa esporofítica de la planta (Spanish)
- exact: 胞子期 (Japanese)
- broad: spore stage
- Definition
- A gametophyte development stage (PO:0028003) that occurs during the interval between meiosis and the germination of a spore. [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- Includes the stage when a megaspore is present before it develops into a megagametophyte or embryo sac and the stage when a microspore is present before it develops into a microgametophyte or pollen. There may be cell division in a spore before it germinates.
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