Ontologies
FOODON
FoodOn (FOODON)
OWL
Last submission date February 2, 2025
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0025280
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0025280
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/FOODON/PO_0025280
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Preferred name

microgametophyte

Synonyms
male gametophyte (exact) microgametofito (Spanish, exact) 小配偶体 (Japanese, exact)
Definitions
The microgametophyte in bryophytes only produce sperm cells, but do not develop from microspores, because there is no heterospory in bryophytes. In seed plants the male gametophyte is reduced to a pollen grain. A whole plant (PO:0000003) in the gametophyte development stage (PO:0028003) that produces plant sperm cells (PO:0000084).
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