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Alternation of Generations. A type of life cycle found in plants that alternates between 2 different versions of adult plants – the sporophyte and the gametophyte plant.
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Alternation of Generations A type of life cycle found in plants that alternates between 2 different versions of adult plants – the sporophyte and the gametophyte plant
The Sporophyte plant produces spores, which after released, will germinate and each spore will grow into a new plant (the gametophyte) • The Gametophyte plant produces gametes, (eggs and sperm). After an egg and sperm unite (fertilization), the zygote will germinate and grow into a new plant (the sporophyte) • The lifecycle continues, with sporophyte plants reproducing gametophyte plants and visa versa – alternating between the twoplant types
Sporophyte gametes spores gametophyte
Moss Sporophyte & Gametophyte Sporophytes & Gametophytes(attached)
Fern Sporophyte & Gametophyte Gametophytes Sporophytes rhizoids