a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
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spore::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | agamete |
| Has types | ascospore, basidiospore, carpospore, chlamydospore, conidiospore, conidium, endospore, fern seed, macrospore, megaspore, microspore, oospore, pollen, resting spore, tetraspore, zoospore, aeciospore, zygospore |
a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes.
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The first spore material from the letters arrived at Sandia in February of 2002.
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Characterization of the Bacillus subtilis spore morphogenetic coat protein CotO.
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The team initially thought the coprolites were spore-bearing organs from plants.
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Spore and sperm also have unique shapes relative to the cells that created them.
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The genes needed for spore germination are similar to those in related strains.
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Technically it wasn't, since the bacterium must spore before infecting someone.
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CotC-CotU heterodimerization during assembly of the Bacillus subtilis spore coat.
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B. subtilis is a common soil bacterium that forms a spore when food runs short.
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But each spore of a simple soil fungus turns out to contain more than one genome.
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- A small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"
- In biology, a spore is a reproductive structure that is adapted for dispersal and surviving for extended periods of time in unfavorable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many bacteria, plants, algae, fungi and some protozoans. ...
- Spore was an action maze game for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, released by Mastertronic in 1987, and developed by Jim Baguley, with music composed by David Whittaker.
- Spore was an MS-DOS video game developed by Mike T. Snyder and published by Flogsoli Productions that fused Breakout with a text adventure, and included spreadsheet puzzles.
- Spore is a multi-genre single-player god game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright. The game was released for the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh operating systems in September 2008 as Spore. ...
- Spore was a noise rock band from Boston, Massachusetts formed in the wake of the early 1990s grunge movement. Spore were signed in 1993 on the Taang! ...
- Spore Origins (aka: Spore Mobile) is the mobile device spin-off of Spore, and focuses on a single phase of the larger game's gameplay - the cell phase.
- A reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another; A thick resistant particle produced by a bacterium or protist to survive in harsh or unfavorable conditions; To produce spores
- (spores) Impervious structures formed by some cells that encapsulate the cells and protect them from the environment; haploid cells that can survive unfavorable conditions and germinate into new haploid individuals or act as gametes in fertilization.
