Homospory vs. Heterospory
Homosporynoun
The quality of being homosporous.
Homosporynoun
the development of a single kind of asexual spores
Heterosporynoun
(botany) The production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants.
Heterosporynoun
the development of both microspores and megaspores
Heterospory
Heterospory is the production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants. The smaller of these, the microspore, is male and the larger megaspore is female.
Homospory Illustrations
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