Difference between revisions of "Isthmus"
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| − | '''isthmus''' (''pl.'' isthmuses; '' | + | '''isthmus''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], [[ascospore term]], [[Category:Spore morphology term]][[:Category:Spore morphology term|spore morphology term]], ''pl.'' isthmuses; ''variant pl.:'' [[isthmi]]) – the narrow connection between two or several [[locule]]s of a cell in a [[polarilocular]] spore; formed by [[endospore swelling]]s that constrict the [[cell lumen]] of a spore into two or several locules; at a late stage of spore ontogeny typically closed by a [[spore septum]]. ''This is:'' [[Category:Part of spore]][[:Category:Part of spore|part of spore]]. |
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isthmus (noun, ascospore term,spore morphology term, pl. isthmuses; variant pl.: isthmi) – the narrow connection between two or several locules of a cell in a polarilocular spore; formed by endospore swellings that constrict the cell lumen of a spore into two or several locules; at a late stage of spore ontogeny typically closed by a spore septum. This is:part of spore.
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