megagametophyte
female gameophyte that results from the development of a megaspore and produces female gametes (eggs)
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
megagametophyte
Female gametophyte in seed plants.
megasporangium
The organ in which megaspores are formed.
megagametophyte The gametophyte stage containing eight haploid nuclei within the embryo sac.
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They are also much-reduced and embedded in the megagametophytes of gymnosperms.
cells degenerate, with the remaining cell becoming the female gametophyte phase of the plant's life cycle. Large (palynologists consider the megaspores to generally be above 200 micrometers in diameter) spores that develop into the megagametophyte, ...
 See also: Gametophyte, Spore, Gamete, Plant, Angiosperm
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