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sporophyte generation
The Sporophyte life cycle is the dominant stage in Ferns (vascular non-seed plants)
Gametophytic stage
The sporophyte stage and the gameotophyte stage
The offspring of plants are seedlings that grow and then become plants, then they reproduce and the cycle goes on and on.
In a life cycle, the dominant generation refers to the stage that is more conspicuous, longer-lived, or more functionally important than the other stages. This can vary depending on the species and can refer to either the haploid or diploid stage. For example, in flowering plants, the dominant generation is typically the diploid sporophyte stage.
sporophyte generation
In vascular plants, the principal generation phase is the sporophyte, which is usually diploid with two sets of chromosomes per cell. By contrast, the principal generation phase in non-vascular plants is usually the gametophyte, which is haploid with one set of chromosomes per cell.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_plants
The Sporophyte life cycle is the dominant stage in Ferns (vascular non-seed plants)
The diploid sporophyte stage of the fern cycle is dominant. In seed plants, the opposite is true; the haploid gametophyte stage is dominant for these.
Gametophytic stage
The sporophyte stage and the gameotophyte stage
Both gardeners and botanists in different ways.
It has got a dependent gametophyte on main sporophytic plant body and embryo develops inside the embryo sac in all flowering angiospermic plants.
Yup, it might affect it. YOu are going for 100% darkness during nighttime flowering cycles.
seed, small plant, big plant.
Plants have what is called an alternation of generations in their life cycle. The two stages are called the sporophyte generation and the gametophyte generation. The sporophyte generation is diploid (has pairs of chromosomes). It produces spores by meiosis (reduction division), so the spores are haploid (contain only one chromosome from each pair). The spores divide by mitosis to produce a multicellular, haploid gametophyte generation. The gametophyte produces gametes (by mitosis) which fuse during fertilization to form a diploid zygote. This then develops into the sporophyte, completing the life cycle. The plants which we call mosses and ferns are the gametophyte generations. However conifers and flowering plants are the sporophyte generation of their life cycle. This is much easier to understand if you see a diagram.