antheridioln.
/ˌanθᵻˈrɪdɪɒl/, U.S. /ˌænθəˈrɪdiɔl/, /ˌænθəˈrɪdiɑl/ Biology.
A steroid hormone produced by female hyphae of the filamentous fungus Achlya bisexualis, which stimulates the male hyphae to produce antheridia.
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1967 T. C. McMorris & A. W. Barksdale in Nature 15 July 320/2 An account of the isolation of this hormone, which we wish to designate ‘antheridiol’, is given here.
1988 BioFactors 1 79/2 Antheridiol..also induces secretion of a second steroidal pheromone, oogoniol, by the male.
2003 Cell Stress & Chaperones 8 326/1 The steroid hormone antheridiol acts as a pheromone and induces developmental changes that lead to sexual reproduction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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