Term Information

Accession
PO:0025302
Name
somatic plant embryo
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
apomictic plant embryo (exact), embrión somático vegetal (Spanish, exact), 体細胞plant胚 (Japanese, exact), somatic embryo (broad)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A plant embryo (PO:0009009) that arises from previously differentiated somatic cells, rather than from fused gametes, i.e. the plant zygote (PO:0000423). Source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, POC:curators
Comment
Somatic plant embryos may arise where embryos normally would not arise as a product of apomixis. They may occur on the edges of leaves on some species of Kalanchoe or some ferns.
Subset
None
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Parents of somatic plant embryo (PO:0025302)
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somatic plant embryo [is_a relation] is_a  plant embryo (PO:0009009)
Children of somatic plant embryo (PO:0025302)
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nucellar plant embryo (PO:0004537) [is_a relation] is_a  somatic plant embryo
cultured somatic plant embryo (PO:0000011) [is_a relation] is_a  somatic plant embryo
PO_GIT
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