multicellular structure

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• Bacterial cell structure — Bacteria, despite their apparent simplicity, contain a well developed cell structure which is responsible for many of their unique biological properties. Many structural features are unique to bacteria and are not found among archaea or… …   Wikipedia

• sporocarp — Multicellular structure in fungi, lichens, ferns or other plants. Location of spore formation …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• protist — protistan /proh tis teuhn/, adj., n. protistic, adj. /proh tist/, n. any of various one celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and… …   Universalium

• angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction       any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) …   Universalium

• plant development — Introduction       a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …   Universalium

• gymnosperm — gymnospermism, n. /jim neuh sperrm /, n. Bot. a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad. Cf. angiosperm. [1820 30; < NL gymnospermae name of type. See GYMNO , SPERM] * * * Any woody plant that reproduces… …   Universalium

• seed and fruit — ▪ plant reproductive part Introduction       respectively, the characteristic reproductive (reproductive system, plant) body of both angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, cycads, and ginkgos) and the ovary that encloses it.… …   Universalium

• Oil body — Not to be confused with Elaiosome, a multicellular structure found in seeds. An oil body is a lipid containing structure found in plant cells. The term can refer to at least two distinct kinds of structures in different kinds of plants. Contents… …   Wikipedia

• Fruiting body (disambiguation) — Fruiting body may refer to:*Sporocarp (fungi), a multicellular structure on which spore producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne *Sporangium, a plant or fungal structure producing and containing spores *When nutrients are scarce,… …   Wikipedia

• Archegonium — Diagram of archegonium anatomy An archegonium (pl: archegonia), from the ancient Greek ἀρχή ( beginning ) and γόνος ( offspring ), is a multicellular structure or organ of the gametophyte phase of certain plants, producing and containing the ovum …   Wikipedia

• Cell adhesion — Cellular adhesion is the binding of a cell to a surface, extracellular matrix or another cell using cell adhesion molecules such as selectins, integrins, and cadherins. Correct cellular adhesion is essential in maintaining multicellular structure …   Wikipedia