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ga·me·tan·gi·um

(gam'ĕ-tan'jē-ŭm),
A structure in which gametes are produced.

gametangium

Obsolete term for a gonad.

gametangium

the organ in which the GAMETES are produced in lower plants.
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Each of the four species produced sporophytes at the swollen venter stage when gametangia were mature and gametes were available for fertilisation events.
Sex expression and reproduction of four bryophytes following timber harvesting
Young gametophytes and gametangia of Acrostichum: A) Bidimensional gametophyte of A.
Gametophyte morphology of Acrostichum aureum and A. danaeifolium (Pteridaceae)
Fungus colonization always occurs through the rhizoids after male gametangia differentiation.
Mycorrhizal association in gametophytes and sporophytes of the fern Pteris vittata (pteridaceae) with Glomus intraradices
Devonian gametophytes with anatomically preserved gametangia. Science 208: 295-296.
Two theories of origin of the land-plant sporophyte: which is left standing?
When it is known, the ontogeny of the gametangia start either with the arquegonia, as in B.
Sporophyte morphology and gametophyte development of the fern Blechnum sprucei (Pteridophyta: Blechnaceae)
The progenesis and acceleration of gametogenesis in flowering plants resulted in the loss of gametangia (antheridia and archegonia) on their gametophytes.
Heterochrony in Plant Evolutionary Studies through the Twentieth Century
The length and width of gametophores, as well as the diameter of the gametangia were clearly different for both species.
Flora bentica y reproduccion de las algas Batophora spp. (Chlorophyta: Dasycladaceae) de una laguna costera contaminada (Bahia de Chetumal, Mexico)
Trichomanes intricatum Farrar and Vittaria appalachiana Farrar & Mickel are perennials that reproduce exclusively by gemmae, even though gametangia may be present.
Sandstone rockhouses of the Eastern United States, with particular reference to the ecology and evolution of the endemic plant taxa
The gametangia are typical of the leptosporangiate ferns, sporophytes after six and a half months in culture did not appeared.
Morfogenesis de los gametofitos de especies mexicanas de Pleopeltis (Polypodiaceae, subfamilia Pleopeltoideae)
Last, in cultures of the moss Bartramidula bartramiodes it was shown that formation of gametangia, or organs in which the sex cells are produced, did not occur in medium below pH 5 but did occur with increasing frequency at pH levels up to 7 (Rahbar & Chopra, 1982).
Strategies for 'minimal growth maintenance' of cell cultures: a perspective on management for extended duration experimentation in the microgravity environment of a space station
Gametangia are of the common type for the leptosporangiate advanced ferns.
Morfogenesis de la fase sexual de seis especies mexicanas del genero Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae), Parte II

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