The gametophyte has become smaller, and the sporophyte has become larger.
To begin with main plant body was gametophytic and sporophyte was dependent on it. Later on, as the evolution progressed, both gametophyte and sporophyte became independent and ultimatly gametophyte became dependent on sporophyte.
Basically, plants have two stages in their life cycle, they can appear as a gametophyte or a sporophyte.
Both the sporophyte and gametophyte are free-living and homomorphic, and belong to Cladophora.
diploid sporophyte and a haploid gametophyte
In most plants, the sporophyte generation is dominant. In fern, for example, the fern itself is the sporophyte. This organism produces spores that fall to the substrate below and grow into a separate organism called a gametophyte. The gametophyte produces sperm and eggs in order to produce a new sporophyte which grows out of the gametophyte's body, destroying it. It is important to note that the gametophyte is haploid and the sporophyte is dploid.
ferns
Basically, plants have two stages in their life cycle, they can appear as a gametophyte or a sporophyte.
Both the sporophyte and gametophyte are free-living and homomorphic, and belong to Cladophora.
The sporophyte is dominant.
diploid sporophyte and a haploid gametophyte
In most plants, the sporophyte generation is dominant. In fern, for example, the fern itself is the sporophyte. This organism produces spores that fall to the substrate below and grow into a separate organism called a gametophyte. The gametophyte produces sperm and eggs in order to produce a new sporophyte which grows out of the gametophyte's body, destroying it. It is important to note that the gametophyte is haploid and the sporophyte is dploid.
In most plants, the sporophyte generation is dominant. In fern, for example, the fern itself is the sporophyte. This organism produces spores that fall to the substrate below and grow into a separate organism called a gametophyte. The gametophyte produces sperm and eggs in order to produce a new sporophyte which grows out of the gametophyte's body, destroying it. It is important to note that the gametophyte is haploid and the sporophyte is dploid.
photosynthesis
ferns
The sporophyte generation is dominant in ferns.
In plants, what is the diploid form called?
Ferns have a dominant sporophyte and a reduced gametophyte. As for moss, it depends on the type. If referring to mosses under the phylum Bryophyta (these are the nonvascular mosses) they have a dominant gametophyte. If referring to mosses under seedless vascular category, such as club mosses in the phylum Lycophyta, these plants have a dominant sporophyte and a reduced gametophyte.
asexual sporophyte ulva plants is called so, as it produces spores and sexual gametophyte ulva plant is so called as it produces gametes