A cell morphology phenotype observed in the vegetative growth phase of the life cycle in which cell length, i.e. the maximum distance between the cell ends, is greater than normal. [ https://www.pombase.org/gene/mah ]
Synonyms: increased cell length during vegetative growth
Term information
This term includes both elongated cells, in which both the length and length:diameter ratio are increased relative to wild type, and cells that have increased length but a wild-type length:diameter ratio.
Term relations
- cellular physical quality phenotype during vegetative growth
- increased cell length
- has part some (
increased length and
exists_during some single-celled organism vegetative growth phase and
characteristic of some vegetative cell (sensu Fungi))