Term Information

Accession
PO:0028003
Name
gametophyte development stage
Ontology
plant_structure_development_stage
Synonyms
fase gametofítica (Spanish, exact), gametophyte phase (exact), gametophytic development stage (exact), gametophytic phase (exact), 配偶体発生過程 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A whole plant development stage (PO:0007033) that has as primary participant a whole plant (PO:0000003) during the interval between meiosis or apospory and the time that the whole plant ceases to exist. Source: POC:curators
Comment
In bryophytes and pteridophytes, a gametophytic phase may begin without meiosis by apospory. This usually occurs when damage to a plant in the sporophytic phase leads directly to the growth of a plant that is in the gametophyte development stage but bears the chromosome complement that would normally be found in the sporophyte development stage (PO:0028002). A whole plant in the gametophyte development stage usually has half the chromosome complement of a plant in the sporophyte development stage, but not in the case of apospory. A whole plant in the gametophyte development stage may cease to exist by death at any point in its development. In seed plants, the whole plant in the gametophyte development stage may cease to exists through transformation, such as when pollen (PO:0025281) releases its pollen sperm cells (PO:0025121) or when a plant embryo (PO:0009009) begins to develop within an embryo sac (PO:0025074) of an angiosperm. During the gametophytic phase, a plant may produce gametes (PO:0025006) by mitosis.
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Parents of gametophyte development stage (PO:0028003)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
gametophyte development stage [is_a relation] is_a  whole plant development stage (PO:0007033)
gametophyte development stage [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  life of whole plant stage (PO:0025337)
Children of gametophyte development stage (PO:0028003)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
thallus (PO:0030027) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
gametophore bud (PO:0030026) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
unicellular plant gametangium (PO:0025521) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
microgametophyte development stage (PO:0025602) [is_a relation] is_a  gametophyte development stage
brachycyte (PO:0030058) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
gametophyte meristematic apical cell (PO:0030014) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
spore capsule calyptra (PO:0030037) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
tmema (PO:0030061) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
gametophyte dormant stage (PO:0025342) [is_a relation] is_a  gametophyte development stage
gametophore (PO:0030018) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
tmema cell (PO:0030059) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
archegoniophore (PO:0030034) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
paraphysis (PO:0030070) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
protonema (PO:0030003) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
gametophyte reproductive stage (PO:0025341) [is_a relation] is_a  gametophyte development stage
megagametophyte development stage (PO:0007621) [is_a relation] is_a  gametophyte development stage
plant spore stage (PO:0025375) [is_a relation] is_a  gametophyte development stage
gametophyte senescent stage (PO:0025343) [is_a relation] is_a  gametophyte development stage
gametophyte vegetative stage (PO:0025340) [is_a relation] is_a  gametophyte development stage
multicellular plant gametangium (PO:0025124) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
antheridiophore (PO:0030033) [RO:0000056 relation] RO:0000056  gametophyte development stage
PO_GIT
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