- gametophytic
- adjective see gametophyte
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
gametophytic
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gametophytic — See gametophyte. * * * … Universalium
gametophytic — adjective a) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant. b) Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. Ant: sporophytic See Also: gametangium, gamete, gametogenesis, gametophyte … Wiktionary
gametophytic — ga·me·to·phyt·ic … English syllables
gametophytic — adjective see gametophyte … Useful english dictionary
gametophytic incompatibility — A phenomenon in plants, in which a pollen grain is genetically incapable of fertilizing a particular egg, because both gametes carry the identical allele at an incompatibility locus (usually denoted S). This is a mechanism for forcing… … Glossary of Biotechnology
gametophyte — gametophytic /geuh mee teuh fit ik, gam i /, adj. /geuh mee teuh fuyt , gam i /, n. Bot. the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations. Cf. sporophyte. [1890 95; GAMETO + PHYTE] * * * In certain plants, the sexual phase (or an… … Universalium
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Self-incompatibility in plants — Self incompatibility (SI) is a general name for several genetic mechanisms in angiosperms, which prevent self fertilization and thus encourage outcrossing. In plants with SI, when a pollen grain produced in a plant reaches a stigma of the same… … Wikipedia
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