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Integument |
Protective layers around megasporangiun in ovule. Give rise to seed coat. Do not surround completely. Hole called micropyle |
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Basal cell. |
Divides mitotically to form suspension. Connects proembryo with parent sporophyte. Transfers nutrients. Larger than terminal cell. |
Forms suspensor |
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Terminal cell. |
Continues to divide forming proembryo and ultimately the cotyldon(s). Smaller than basal cell. |
Proembryo |
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Coleoptile |
Protects young shoot |
Epicotyl |
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Coleorhiza |
Protects young root. |
Radical |
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Scuttelum |
Name for cotyldon in monocot |
Monocot |
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Hypocotyl hook |
First emergence in germination of eudicot. Protects cotyldons |
Eudicot. |
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Apomixis |
Generation of seeds without pollination fertilization. Diploma produces embryo directly matures into seed. |
Mechanism of asexual reproduction |
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Callus cells |
Totipotent cells called callus cells that arise from a cut stem that is not meristematic. Can grow roots and a new plant! |
Totipotent |
