Talk:Gametophore

Introduction ‘Hook’ Should Reflect Topic

The current hook sentence is the breakdown of the word ‘gametophore.’ To reflect the topic, the first sentence should best convey the topic, rather than etymology. This is an important/useful sentence, but would be better relocated to the second sentence. Axeyop (talk) 23:57, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Renaming page to "Gametangiophore"?

In literature it does not seem that gametophore is the accepted terminology for what this page is describing. Rather, in Marchantia this seems to be the 'gametangiophore' ^[1]^[2]. In Physcomitrella mosses, the plants transition from protonema/caulonema to gametophore^[3] - this seems to be an acceptable use of the term. Frunk10 (talk) 10:41, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gametangiophore is the correct term, because the prefix 'angio-' refers to the gamete container. The term therefore means an organ that bears the structures that produce the gametes (i.e. archegonia and antheridia). Gametophore would be correct only if the gametes were uncontained, naked. I therefore support renaming of this article to Gametangiophore. Plantsurfer 12:22, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35976122/

[2] ttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26116421/

[3] ttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29395927/

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