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Definition of "gametophytic" []

  • Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant. (adjective)
  • Having the characteristics of a sporophyte. (adjective)

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Use "gametophytic" in a sentence
  • "Called gametophytic self-incompatibility, this plant system sabotages (male) pollen that's genetically similar to the female tissue of the plant."
  • "F1,324 = 0.37, P = 0.55, stage×cross type To determine whether gametophytic and sporophytic traits differed between populations and / or regions we subjected each variable to random-effect ANOVA with region and population (nested within region) as group variables (means of maternal families or plant individuals consist of individual data points in this analysis)."
  • "AtAsp38 allele exhibits a combination of embryonic and gametophytic lethality, a wide range of seed phenotypes, and a complex inheritance pattern."