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nouncallogenesis (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyThe formation of calli in damaged plant tissue
Unlike seed plants, ferns propagate through haploid spores (Figure 1 a), thus requiring germination and growth of the gametophyte phase in sterile tissue culture to obtain sporophytes for callogenesis.
2015 July 3, Andrew R G Plackett, Ester H Rabbinowitsch, Jane A Langdale, “Protocol: genetic transformation of the fern Ceratopteris richardii through microparticle bombardment”, in Plant Methods, volume 11, →DOI
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