Gonimoblast Explained

A gonimoblast is a type of cell produced by red algae upon the fertilization of a zygotic nucleus, and involved in the formation of carpospores. The cells subsequently divide and ultimately serve as storage or generative cells. Storage cells contain starch and are multinucleate; whereas generative cells are situated further from the auxiliary cell, are uninucleate, and form the terminal lobes in the ensuing carpospores.[1] Gonimoblasts are connected by septal pores, usually blocked by septal plugs.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1986.tb02509.x. Ultrastructure of the Carposporophyte and Carposporogenesis in the Parasitic Red Alga Plocamiocolax pulvinata Setch, (Gigartinales, Plocamiaceae). 1986. Kugrens . P.. Delivopoulos . S. G.. Journal of Phycology. 22. 1. 8. 85787751.
  2. 10.1016/S0248-4900(03)00085-6. Ultrastructure of auxiliary and gonimoblast cells during carposporophyte development in the red alga Cryptopleura ruprechtiana (Delesseriaceae, Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). 2003. Delivopoulos . S.. Biology of the Cell. 95. 383–392. 14519555. 6. free.

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