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Meaning of "heterospory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROSPORY

ˌhɛtəˈrɒspərɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROSPORY

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Heterospory is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HETEROSPORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heterospory

Heterospory is the production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants. Heterospory was evolved from isospory independently by several plant groups in the Devonian period as part of the process of evolution of the timing of sex differentiation. Heterosporic plants produce small spores called microspores which either germinate to become free-living male gametophytes or have reduced male gametophytes packaged within them, and larger spores called megaspores that either germinate into free-living female gametophytes, or which have a female gametophyte packaged within them which is retained in and nurtured by the sporophyte phase, a condition referred to as endospory. Heterosporous species are thus usually dioicous, a condition that promotes outcrossing. Some heterosporous species produce micro- and megaspores in the same sporangium, a condition known as homoangy, while in others the micro- and megaspores are produced in separate sporangia. These may both be borne on the same monoecious sporophyte or on different sporophytes in dioecious species.

Definition of heterospory in the English dictionary

The definition of heterospory in the dictionary is the fact or state of producing megaspores and microspores.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROSPORY

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROSPORY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROSPORY

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Synonyms and antonyms of heterospory in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «heterospory» into 25 languages

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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
280 millions of speakers
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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hétérosporie
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Heterospori
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Heterosporie
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heterospory
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heterospory
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Heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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नेत्रायची
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Heterospoeiden
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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heterospory
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROSPORY»

Discover the use of heterospory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterospory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Paleobotany: The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants
LYCOPSID HETEROSPORY The lycopsids encompass a variety of reproductive strategies ranging from homospory to heterospory, and in some cases evolved reproductive structures that in many ways were functionally similar to seeds ...
Edith L. Taylor, Thomas N. Taylor, Michael Krings, 2009
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Gymnosperms
Incipient heterospory is a phenomenon distinguished usually in fossil plants where spores of different sizes were found within the same sporangium but size of spores does not correspond to the sexes after their germination as in the case of ...
S. P. Bhatnagar, Alok Moitra, 1996
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Text Book Of Botany Diversity Of Microbes And Cryptogams
HETEROSPORY. Most of the pteridophytes produce only one kind of spores, i.e., they are homosporous. But some produce two kinds of spores, differing in size. The smaller spores are called microspores and the larger ones megaspores.
Singh
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Objective Botany
I HETEROSPORY AND SEED HABIT The sporophytes reproduce asexually producing spores in sporangia. When all the spores are alike i.e., almost of the same size, the phenomenon is called homospory. However, in some pteridophytes, ...
Dr. N.P. Saxena
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Botany For Degree Pteridophyta
The reduction in the number of megaspores has been achieved either through reduction in number of spore mother cells, or by the disintegration of developing spores. Importance of Heterospory The mo st important aspect of heterospory is ...
Anil Kumar), 2012
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Conifer Reproductive Biology
Heterospory. All free-sporing land plants prior to the Middle Devonian were dispersing a single bisexual spore (homospory) but by the Upper Devonian, a few plants had developed large female spores (700–900 μm) and small male spores ...
Claire G. Williams, 2009
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Diversity and Systematics of Seed Plants
Development. of. heterospory. An important advance towards the seed plant life cycle came with the evolution of plants that produced two types of spores - microspores and megaspores. All seed plants are thus heterosporous. The contents of ...
Dr. Singh, Dr. Pande & Dr. Jain, 2009
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Homoplasy: The Recurrence of Similarity in Evolution
Fortunately, as the pteridophytic “living fossils” case study demonstrates, other lineages of putatively simplified pteridophytes have left a wider range of extant descendants. i * THE RAMPANT PARALLELISM OF HETEROSPORY Heterospory ...
Michael J. Sanderson, Larry Hufford, 1996
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Cryptogams: Algae, Bryophyta and Pterldophyta
7.20 Discuss the significance of heterospory with reference to Selaginella. Significance of heterospory with reference to Selaginella Selaginella is a heterosporous pteridophyte. In reproduces by forming two kinds of spores the microspores ...
D.K. Awasthi
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Botany For Degree Gymnosperm (M.E.)
It is evident from these examples that with the development of heterospory there is a significant shifting of the time of sex determination from the gametophyte to the sporophyte. Palaeobotanical evidence of heterospory The origin of ...
P C Vashishta, A K Sinha, Anil Kumar, P.C.Vasishta
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