unispore
unispore noun: an algal spore that develops within a unilocular sporangium.
Noun
unispore (plural unispores)
- An algal spore that develops within a unilocular sporangium.
- Fletcher (1978) demonstrated that in Britain unispores from Ralfsia clavata developed into germlings that eventually produced blades identifiable as Petalonia fascia and that unispores from Microspongium gelatinosum ultimately produced narrow, terete thalli identifiable as Scytosiphon lomentaria.1984, Christopher S. Lobban, Michael James Wynne, The Biology of Seaweeds, University of California Press, page 71
- Culture studies of Newfoundland Acrothrix revealed an asexual, heteromorphic, monophasic life history which includes a unispore-producing macrothallus and a recycling, plurispore-producing microthallus.1985, Susan G. Forward with G. Robin South, “Observations on the taxonomy and life history of North Atlantic Acrothrix Kylin (Phaeophyceae, Chordariales)”, in Phycologia, volume 24, numbers 3–4, page...
Antonyms of unispore
Forms of unispore
| plural | unispores |
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Origin of unispore
From uni- + spore.
Questions about unispore
- What does unispore mean?
- Unispore means an algal spore that develops within a unilocular sporangium.
- What part of speech is unispore?
- Unispore is a noun.
- What is the plural of unispore?
- The plural of unispore is unispores.
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