megasporogenesis
[ meg-uh-spawr-uh-jen-uh-sis, -spohr- ]
/ ˌmɛg əˌspɔr əˈdʒɛn ə sɪs, -ˈspoʊr- /
noun Botany.
the formation and development of megaspores.
Words nearby megasporogenesis
megascopic,
megasporangium,
megaspore,
megaspore mother cell,
megasporocyte,
megasporogenesis,
megasporophyll,
megass,
megastar,
megastructure,
megathere
Scientific definitions for megasporogenesis
megasporogenesis
[ mĕg′ə-spôr′ə-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs ]
The formation of megaspores inside the ovules of seed plants. A diploid cell in the ovule, called a megasporocyte or a megaspore mother cell, undergoes meiosis and gives rise to four haploid megaspores. In most plants, only one of the megaspores then goes on to develop into a megagametophyte within the ovule, while the other three disintegrate. In the ovules of angiosperms, megasporogenesis takes place within a structure called a nucellus, and it is the megaspore farthest from the micropyle of the ovary that survives.