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/ˈspɔɹˌfaɪt/
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NOUN
- the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
How To Use sporophyte In A Sentence
- Soon after the sporophyte can do that the the prothallus dies. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- They differ from the ‘green algae’ in that the young sporophyte - or diploid plant - begins its development within the tissues of its parent gametophyte - or haploid plant.
- A pine tree is called a sporophyte because it develops from a spore produces spores is haploid can reproduce sexually and asexually cannot undergo meiosis Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
- The terms oöphyte (egg-bearing plant) and sporophyte (spore-bearing plant, or sporogonium) are sometimes used to distinguish between the sexual plant and the spore-bearing one produced from it. Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses
- Meiosis results in the production of four megaspores, containing half the number of chromosomes of the sporophyte.
- Apogamous outgrowths form directly from the gametophyte and produce a new sporophyte without syngamy.
- In maize, in particular, cell death events are known to occur throughout normal development both in the sporophyte and in the gametophyte.
- The plant life cycle alternates between a diploid sporophyte and a haploid gametophyte generation.
- The alternate phase of the plant life cycle is the sporophyte, the diploid plant form, with each cell containing two complete sets of chromosomes.
- Higher Education (University +) apospory is The development of a gametophyte directly from a sporophyte without the occurrence of meiosis or spore formation and apogamy is Why do leaves turn colors in the fall but not grass? Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions