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callogenesis

callogenesis noun: the formation of calli in damaged plant tissue.

Noun

callogenesis (uncountable)

  1. The formation of calli in damaged plant tissue
    • Unlike seed plants, ferns propagate through haploid spores (Figure 1 a), thus requiring germination and growth of the gametophyte phase in sterile tissue culture to obtain sporophytes for callogenesis.2015 July 3, Andrew R G Plackett, Ester H Rabbinowitsch, Jane A Langdale, “Protocol: genetic transformation of the fern Ceratopteris richardii through microparticle bombardment”, in Plant Methods...

Questions about callogenesis

What does callogenesis mean?
Callogenesis means the formation of calli in damaged plant tissue.
What part of speech is callogenesis?
Callogenesis is a noun.

Words near callogenesis in the dictionary

  1. callitype
  2. callitypes
  3. callivance
  4. callivances
  5. calloc
  6. callogenesis
  7. callogenic
  8. calloo
  9. calloos
  10. callop
  11. callops

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