endospermnutritive substances within the
seed coats, but not part of the
embryo proper
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General
Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
Full article >>>EndospermTriploid
tissue in a
seed, formed from fusion of two
haploid female and one
haploid male
nucleus.
Related Terms:
Haploid ...
Full article >>>endosperm: the female
tissue that encloses the
seed within the
angiosperms.
entropy: the degree of dis
order or randomness of a system.
environmental
fitness: an individual's ability to adapt to an
environment and reproduce.
Full article >>>endosperm A food storage
tissue that provides nutrients to the developing
embryo in
angiosperms; formed from the triploid
cell produced when a
sperm cell fertilizes the
central cell.
Full article >>>endosperm(en-doh-spurm) [Gk. endon, within +
sperma,
seed]
A nutrient-rich
tissue formed by the union of a
sperm cell with two
polar nuclei during double
fertilization, which provides nourishment to the developing
embryo in
angiosperm seeds.
Full article >>>endosperm. The
tissue containing stored food in a
seed that surrounds the
embryo and is eventually digested by the
embryo as it grows.
Full article >>>endosperm A triploid nutritive
tissue resulting from the fusion of a
haploid sperm nucleus with the two
haploid polar nuclei in the
ovule of
angiosperms.
Full article >>>As the
endosperm (3n) develops in corn kernels (Zea mays), its
cells undergo successive rounds (as many as 5) of endo
replication producing nuclei that range as high as 96n.
Full article >>>The stored food begins as a
tissue called
endosperm derived from the parent
plant.
Endosperm becomes rich in oil or
starch, and
protein. In some
species, the
embryo is embedded in the
endosperm, which the seedling will use upon germination.
Full article >>>When golden rice was developed it was necessary to ensure that the novel genes were
expressed in the
endosperm of the
seed. The
endosperm of a
seed is the
starchy component that provides energy and nutrients for the developing
plant embryo.
Full article >>>: The union of one male
gametophyte nucleus with the
ovum nucleus and another male
gametophyte nucleus with the
polar nuclei to form the
endosperm in
seed plants. See also
pollen grain.
Double
heterozygote ...
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