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n. - Smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants.

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  • Germination of the microspore begins before it leaves the pollen-sac.
  • This could be accomplished readily by observing the first mitotic division in the microspore.
  • The first division is the microspore may be observed readily merely by using a squash technique.
  • This cycle, initially detected at the first mitosis in a microspore, could now be followed in subsequent mitoses.
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