Arcus vs Ascus - What's the difference?
arcus | ascus |
(medicine) A white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea
(meteorology) A low, horizontal cloud typically forming at the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow
(entomology) An elastic band around the base of the arolium, a pad at the end of the leg of certain insects
(palynology) An arc-shaped band of thickened sexine extending between two apertures on a pollen grain or spore
A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.
* 1967 , Constantine. J. Alexopoulos & Harold C. Bold, Algae and Fungi , p.101,
As nouns the difference between arcus and ascus
is that arcus is (medicine) a white band of cholesterol that forms at the edge of the cornea while ascus is a sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores.arcus
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* ----ascus
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(wikipedia ascus) (asci)- The one important character which distinguishes the Ascomycetes from all other fungi is the ascus' (plural, ' asci ). This is a sac-like structure in which ascospores are formed following karyogamy and meiosis.