loading...| Preferred Name | endosperm | |
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albumen |
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| Definitions |
A maximal portion of nutritive plant tissue in a seed. A triploid nutritive tissue resulting from the fusion of a haploid sperm nucleus with the two haploid polar nuclei in the ovule of angiosperms. In angiosperms endosperm is usually triploid and formed after fertilization by the fusion of one gamete with the polar nucleus; sometimes diploid or polyploid. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009089 |
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A triploid nutritive tissue resulting from the fusion of a haploid sperm nucleus with the two haploid polar nuclei in the ovule of angiosperms. In angiosperms endosperm is usually triploid and formed after fertilization by the fusion of one gamete with the polar nucleus; sometimes diploid or polyploid. |
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| definition |
A maximal portion of nutritive plant tissue in a seed. |
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albumen |
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endosperm |
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| preferred label |
endosperm |
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PO:0009089 |
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endosperm |
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