Definition of tetraspore in English:
tetraspore
noun ˈtɛtrəspɔːˈtetrəˌspôr
Botany A spore occurring in groups of four, in particular (in a red alga) each of four spores produced together, two of which produce male plants and two female.
Example sentencesExamples
- From subsequent examination of the shells, he concluded that tetraspore-bearing plants of Polysiphonia violacea had developed from carpospores and sexual plants from tetraspores of Griffithsia bornetiana and Dasya elegans.
- These different responses between tetraspores and carpospores, suggest a different ecophysiological response with regard to survival and interspecific competition in nature of the gametophyte vs sporophyte.
- The haploid tetraspores erminate and give rise to haploid gametophytic plants.
- The haploid tetraspore is released from this filament and is carried by water currents and tides to new locations.
- The tetraspores and the gametophytes are the only haploid stages in the coralline algae.