Definition of sporogenesis in English:
sporogenesis
nounˌspɔːrə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪsˌspɒrə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪsˌspôrəˈjenəsəs
mass nounBotany The process of spore formation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Male sporogenesis begins with the division of a diploid sporophytic cell that gives rise to the tapetal initial and the sporogenous cell.
- In the final stages of sporogenesis, a dense perine is deposited on the spore surface.
- Extensive investigations on the morphological changes during sporogenesis have afforded valuable information about this phenomenon.
- Two spores are produced from one pansporoblast at the end of sporogenesis.
- This strongly suggests that the dyads corresponded to the final stage of sporogenesis and therefore that they occurred from a meiosis II-like division, rather than from a disrupted meiosis I.