| antheridium |
a multicellular structure that forms and protects sperm in nontracheophytes and ferns.
Ãâó: science.kennesaw.edu/biophys/biodiversity/plants/p...
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| antheridium |
a male gametangium; a container in which sperms are produced; they occur in mosses and liverworts, and also in lycophytes, ferns & horsetails; the male gametophytes of seed plants (pollen grains) are too small to have antheridia (but they still produce 2 sperms per pollen grain)
Ãâó: web.mala.bc.ca/mcmillan/biology122terms1.htm
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| antheridium |
In plants, the moist chamber where sperm develop. Specifically in bryophytes, the antheridium is a stalked sac that contains many sperm and is enclosed in a jacket consisting of a single layer of cells.
Ãâó: www.analogicalplanet.com/Pages/ContentPages/Glossa...
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