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syn·er·gid

(sĭ-nûr′jĭd, sĭn′ər-)

One of two small cells lying near the egg in the mature embryo sac of a flowering plant.

[New Latin synergida, from Greek sunergos, working together; see synergism.]

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synergid

(ˈsɪnədʒɪd)

(Botany) botany one of two nucleated cells (in an embryo sac) cooperating in the development of the embryo

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References in periodicals archive ?

Gross-Hardt, "Ethylene signaling is required for synergid degeneration and the establishment of a pollen tube block," Developmental Cell, vol.

Identification of Wheat Inflorescence Development-Related Genes Using a Comparative Transcriptomics Approach

(2001) Pollen tube attraction by the synergid cell.

Mechanisms of organelle division and inheritance and their implications regarding the origin of eukaryotic cells

The cells were initially similar, then one of them developed into an egg cell, whereas the other two became synergid cells with a large vacuole at the micropylar end (Figs.

Microsporogenesis, Megasporogensis and Male and Female Gametophyte Development in Feijoa sellowiana (Myrtaceae)

Defensin-like polypeptide LUREs are pollen tube attractants secreted from synergid cells.

Species-Specificity of sperm motility activation and chemotaxis: a study on ascidian species

The female gametophyte corresponds to the embryo sac and covers an egg cell, a central cell, two synergid cells, and several antipodal cells.

Plant reproduction & the pollen tube journey--how the females lure the males

For few species, this embryo is thought to be originated from antipodal or synergid cells, but in the vast majority of cases, the gynogenic embryo is derived from the egg cell (reviewed in Bohanec, 2009).