Homospory vs. Heterospory — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Homospory and Heterospory
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Homospory
Producing spores of one kind only.
Heterospory
Heterospory is the production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants. The smaller of these, the microspore, is male and the larger megaspore is female.
Homospory
The quality of being homosporous.
Heterospory
Producing two types of spores differing in size and sex.
Homospory
The development of a single kind of asexual spores
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Heterospory
(botany) The production of spores of two different sizes and sexes by the sporophytes of land plants.
Heterospory
The development of both microspores and megaspores
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