Planteome: Term Details for "microgametophyte" (PO:0025280)

Accession: PO:0025280
Name: microgametophyte
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: male gametophyte (exact), microgametofito (Spanish, exact), 小配偶体 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A whole plant (PO:0000003) in the gametophyte development stage (PO:0028003) that produces plant sperm cells (PO:0000084). Source: POC:curators
Comment: The microgametophyte in bryophytes only produce sperm cells, but do not develop from microspores, because there is no heterospory in bryophytes. In seed plants the male gametophyte is reduced to a pollen grain.
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
microgametophyte	is_a	whole plant (PO:0000003)

subject	relation	object
pollen (PO:0025281)	is_a	microgametophyte
spermatogenous cell (PO:0025525)	BFO:0000050	microgametophyte
microgametophyte vegetative cell (PO:0020099)	BFO:0000050	microgametophyte
antheridium microgametophyte (PO:0025283)	is_a	microgametophyte