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  2. Spore - Wikipedia

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    The term spore derives from the ancient Greek word σπορά spora, meaning "seed, sowing", related to σπόρος sporos, "sowing", and σπείρειν speirein, "to sow". In common parlance, the difference between a "spore" and a " gamete " is that a spore will germinate and develop into a sporeling , while a gamete needs to combine with ...

  3. Development of Spore - Wikipedia

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    Spore is a video game developed by Maxis and designed by Will Wright, released in September 2008.The game has drawn wide attention for its ability to simulate the development of a species on a galactic scope, using its innovation of user-guided evolution via the use of procedural generation for many of the components of the game, providing vast scope and open-ended gameplay.

  4. Spore (2008 video game) - Wikipedia

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    Spore is a 2008 life simulation real-time strategy god game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.Designed by Will Wright, it covers many genres including action, real-time strategy, and role-playing games.

  5. Maxis - Wikipedia

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    The former logo of Maxis, used until 2012 Will Wright, Maxis co-founder. Maxis was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun to help publish SimCity on home computers. . Before then, the game was only available on a limited basis on the Commodore 64 due to few publishers showing any interest in porting a non-traditional game without definite "win" and "lose" condi

  6. Evolutionary history of plants - Wikipedia

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    Land plants evolved from a group of freshwater green algae, perhaps as early as 850 mya, [3] but algae-like plants might have evolved as early as 1 billion years ago. [2] The closest living relatives of land plants are the charophytes, specifically Charales; if modern Charales are similar to the distant ancestors they share with land plants, this means that the land plants evolved from a ...

  7. Spore Origins - Wikipedia

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    Spore Origins (also known as Spore Mobile) is the mobile device spin-off of Spore, and focuses on a single phase of the larger game's gameplay - the cell phase. Gameplay [ edit ]

  8. Rust (fungus) - Wikipedia

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    A rust spore typically germinates on a plant surface, growing a short hypha called a germ tube. This germ tube may locate a stoma by a touch responsive process known as thigmotropism . This involves orienting to ridges created by epidermal cells on the leaf surface, and growing directionally until it encounters a stoma.

  9. Zygomycota - Wikipedia

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    The term "spore" is used to describe a structure related to propagation and dispersal. Zygomycete spores can be formed through both sexual and asexual means. Before germination the spore is in a dormant state. During this period, the metabolic rate is very low and it may last from a few hours to many years.