Definition of gametophyte. Meaning of gametophyte. Synonyms of gametophyte

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Definition of gametophyte

Gametophyte
Gametophyte Ga*me"to*phyte, n. [Gamete + Gr. fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs. In the lower plants, as the alg[ae], the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.

Meaning of gametophyte from wikipedia

- A gametophyte (/ɡəˈmiːtəfaɪt/) is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular...
- plants both phases are multicellular: the haploid ****ual phase – the gametophyte – alternates with a diploid a****ual phase – the sporophyte. A mature...
- sporophytes are free-living and only briefly dependent on the maternal gametophyte. The green, photosynthetic part of the plant is technically a megaphyll...
- part of the gametophyte. The flowers of flowering plants produce pollen and egg cells, but the **** organs themselves are inside the gametophytes within the...
- produced by the haploid generation, which is known as the gametophyte. The female gametophyte produces structures called archegonia, and the egg cells...
- produces a****ual spores. This stage alternates with a multicellular haploid gametophyte phase. The sporophyte develops from the zygote produced when a haploid...
- germinate and divide by mitosis to form a haploid multicellular phase, the gametophyte, which produces gametes directly by mitosis. This type of life cycle...
- bryophytes are: Their life cycles are dominated by a multicellular haploid gametophyte stage Their sporophytes are diploid and unbranched They do not have a...
- plants, the female gametophyte is produced inside the ovule within the ovary of the flower. When mature, the haploid gametophyte produces female gametes...
- stages of its multicellular development within the tissues of the parent gametophyte. With very few exceptions, embryophytes obtain biological energy by photosynthesis...