Definition of uninucleate in English:
uninucleate
adjectiveˌjuːnɪˈnjuːklɪətˌjuːnɪˈnjuːklɪeɪtˌyo͞onəˈn(y)o͞oklēət
Biology Having a single nucleus.
Example sentencesExamples
- Only about 15% of viable microspores stayed at the haploid uninucleate or binucleate stages.
- The hyphae lay down double septa and, following cell separation, produce single uninucleate yeast cells that divide by fission and disseminate throughout the body.
- One nucleus divides in the clamp and the other in the hypha just beneath the clamp, which results in the formation of a binucleate tip cell and uninucleate clamp and subterminal cells.
- The asexual phase in the life cycle of this fungus involves the formation of multicellular structures called conidiophores that produce chains of uninucleate spores called conidia.
- This process terminates in the production of asexual spores, the uninucleate conidia.
Definition of uninucleate in US English:
uninucleate
adjectiveˌyo͞onəˈn(y)o͞oklēət
Biology Having a single nucleus.
Example sentencesExamples
- The hyphae lay down double septa and, following cell separation, produce single uninucleate yeast cells that divide by fission and disseminate throughout the body.
- One nucleus divides in the clamp and the other in the hypha just beneath the clamp, which results in the formation of a binucleate tip cell and uninucleate clamp and subterminal cells.
- Only about 15% of viable microspores stayed at the haploid uninucleate or binucleate stages.
- This process terminates in the production of asexual spores, the uninucleate conidia.
- The asexual phase in the life cycle of this fungus involves the formation of multicellular structures called conidiophores that produce chains of uninucleate spores called conidia.