Tetracolporate

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having four colpi and pores. not-comparable

    "In the same species, silencing of the meiosis-associated gene MEZ1 (ZPT2-5), yields plants producing tetracolporate pollen grains with increased DNA content that lead to premature seed abortion after pollination and fertilization [51 ]."

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"In the same species, silencing of the meiosis-associated gene MEZ1 (ZPT2-5), yields plants producing tetracolporate pollen grains with increased DNA content that lead to premature seed abortion after pollination and fertilization [51 ]."

Etymology

From tetra- + colporate. By surface analysis, tetra- + colpor- + -ate.

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