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- macroalgae - large, macroscopic algae, seaweeds
- macrothallus - large, conspicuous phase of organisms's life history
- mastigoneme - fine hairlike appendage of a flagellum
- medulla - central tissue of thallus
- meiosis - nuclear division in which chromosome number is reduced
from diploid to haploid, genetic segregation of chromosomes
- meristoderm - superficial, outer layer of dividing cells in brown
algae in the order Laminariales
- meroplankton - organisms that spend part of their life cycle as plankton
and part on the benthos
- mesokaryotic - having chromosomes that persist in condensed form
at all times, the condition of the dinoflagellate nucleus
- microthallus - the tiny, inconspicuous stage of an organism's life
history, alternating with the macrothallus stage
- moneocious - (one house) producing male and female gametes on the
same individual
- monopodial - mode of development where primary axis maintains main
line of growth and secondary laterals are produced off that main axis
- monostromatic - blade composed of a single layer of cells
- monotypic - a genus having only one species
- multialxial - axis composed of multiple, longitudinal filaments,
each derived from one apical cell
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Last updated: Jan. 06, 2005
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