- A
gametophyte (/ɡəˈmiːtəfaɪt/) is one of the two
alternating multicellular phases in the life
cycles of
plants and algae. It is a
haploid multicellular...
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plants both
phases are multicellular: the
haploid ****ual
phase – the
gametophyte –
alternates with a
diploid a****ual
phase – the sporophyte. A mature...
- part of the
gametophyte. The
flowers of
flowering plants produce pollen and egg cells, but the ****
organs themselves are
inside the
gametophytes within the...
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sporophytes are free-living and only
briefly dependent on the
maternal gametophyte. The green,
photosynthetic part of the
plant is
technically a megaphyll...
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produces a****ual spores. This
stage alternates with a
multicellular haploid gametophyte phase. The
sporophyte develops from the
zygote produced when a haploid...
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produced by the
haploid generation,
which is
known as the
gametophyte. The
female gametophyte produces structures called archegonia, and the egg cells...
- One generation, the sporophyte,
gives rise to the next generation, the
gametophyte a****ually via spores.
Spores may be
identical isospores or come in different...
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germinate and
divide by
mitosis to form a
haploid multicellular phase, the
gametophyte,
which produces gametes directly by mitosis. This type of life cycle...
- plants, the
female gametophyte is
produced inside the
ovule within the
ovary of the flower. When mature, the
haploid gametophyte produces female gametes...
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stages of its
multicellular development within the
tissues of the
parent gametophyte. With very few exceptions,
embryophytes obtain biological energy by photosynthesis...
