auxosporulation
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek αὐξάνειν (auxánein, “to grow”) + σπορά (sporá, “seed, a sowing”).
Noun
auxosporulation (countable and uncountable, plural auxosporulations)
- The formation of an auxospore by gametic fusion or autogamy
- 2001, Eugene Stoermer and John Smol, The Diatoms: Applications for the Environmental and Earth Sciences:
- Auxosporulation [is] the formation of an auxospore...usually a zygote, produced by diatoms, which expands to near the maximum size of a given species.
- 2002, Hans Du Buf and Micha Bayer, Automatic Diatom Identification:
- Small diatoms can become larger through one of two processes: auxosporulation or vegetative cell enlargement. The principal means of restoring size is auxosporulation, which is usually associated with sexual reproduction.
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Related terms
- auxosporulate
See also
- Auxospore