gametophore bud initial cell
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0030083
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: 茎葉体芽始原細胞 (Japanese)
- exact: gametophore bud initial
- Definition
- A protonema sub-apical initial hat gives rise to a gametophore bud. [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- In Physcomitrella patens, a gametophore bud initial typically is more bulbous than a protonema side branch initial, and its plane of first cell division is oblique, rather than perpendicular, to the plane of growth.
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