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Definition of Tetraspore

Tetraspore
Tetraspore Tet"ra*spore, n. [Tetra- + spore.] (Bot.) A nonsexual spore, one of a group of four regularly occurring in red seaweeds. -- Tet`ra*spor"ic, a.

Meaning of Tetraspore from wikipedia

- Tetraspores are red algae spores produced by the tetrasporophytic (diploid) phase in the life history of algae in the Rhodophyta as a result of meiosis...
- Tetraspores of Polysiphonia...
- sporangiospore, sporangium, spore, sporocarp, sporophyte, teliospore, tetraspore, tetrasporophytic, zygospore spele- cavern Gr**** σπέος (spéos), σπήλαιον...
- sporophyte. The sporophyte then undergoes meiosis to produce haploid tetraspores (which can be male or female) that develop into gametophytes. The three...
- singly. with a narrow ostiole from which carpospores are released. The tetraspores occur in spiral series resulting from a simultaneous division into 4...
- directly into thalloid gametophytes, or the carposporophytes may produce a tetraspore without going through a (free-living) tetrasporophyte phase. Tetrasporangia...
- diploid plant. Tetraspores occur in scattered patches sori (spores) on the mature diploid blade. The adult tetrasporophyte produces tetraspores meiotically...
- sporangiospore, sporangium, spore, sporocarp, sporophyte, teliospore, tetraspore, tetrasporophytic, zygospore spele- cavern Gr**** σπέος (spéos), σπήλαιον...
- thalloid algae. Specimens can reach around 2 mm in size and produce tetraspores. Some currently recognised species: Botrydium becherianum Botrydium corniforme...
- tetraploid Having four complete sets of chromosomes in each sporophyte cell. tetraspore The a****ual spore of red algae. It is so named because each sporangium...