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megasporangium
a spore-bearing structure that bears megaspores that develop into megagametophytes
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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megasporangium Sporangium that contains megaspores.
megaspore Haploid cell produced by meiosis in the ovules of angiosperms; a single megasporocyte produces four megaspores, only one of which remains functional.
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megasporangium
The organ in which megaspores are formed.
Covered in Lab 8 Seed Plant Reproduction ...
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They are also much-reduced and embedded in the megasporangium of gymnosperms.
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which develop in the megasporangium and
which will develop into the female gametophyte generation.
Link to a discussion of the alternation of gametophyte and sporophyte generations
Both types of sporangia are formed in flowers.
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