Spores.
The sporophyte is the diploid phase of the plant life cycle and typically consists of several key components: the root, stem, and leaves. In vascular plants, it often produces specialized structures like sporangia, where spores are formed through meiosis. In some plants, the sporophyte can also include reproductive organs, depending on the type of plant. Overall, the sporophyte is crucial for the production and dispersal of spores, contributing to the plant's reproductive cycle.
On the gametophyte, cells in the archegonium and antheridium form the eggs and sperm. The sperm swim to the egg and fertilize it, forming the zygote. The embryo develops into the sporophyte, still attached to the gametophyte.
The dominant generation in gymnosperms is the sporophyte generation, while in angiosperms it is also the sporophyte generation. The sporophyte generation produces the structures that we commonly recognize as trees, shrubs, and flowers in plants.
In moss, where the sporophyte grows directly out of the top of the gametophyte.
In a seed, it is the sporophyte embryo that is present. The sporophyte is the diploid generation that develops from the fertilization of gametes, while the gametophyte generation is typically reduced and dependent on the sporophyte in seed plants. Thus, the seed contains the developing sporophyte embryo, which will grow into the mature plant.
No, formed by meiosis.
The spores produced by the moss sporophyte are formed through meiosis. Meiosis is a type of cell division that results in four daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell.
Gametophyte-haploid Sporophyte-diploid
The sporophyte is the diploid phase of the plant life cycle and typically consists of several key components: the root, stem, and leaves. In vascular plants, it often produces specialized structures like sporangia, where spores are formed through meiosis. In some plants, the sporophyte can also include reproductive organs, depending on the type of plant. Overall, the sporophyte is crucial for the production and dispersal of spores, contributing to the plant's reproductive cycle.
On the gametophyte, cells in the archegonium and antheridium form the eggs and sperm. The sperm swim to the egg and fertilize it, forming the zygote. The embryo develops into the sporophyte, still attached to the gametophyte.
The dominant generation in gymnosperms is the sporophyte generation, while in angiosperms it is also the sporophyte generation. The sporophyte generation produces the structures that we commonly recognize as trees, shrubs, and flowers in plants.
In moss, where the sporophyte grows directly out of the top of the gametophyte.
In a seed, it is the sporophyte embryo that is present. The sporophyte is the diploid generation that develops from the fertilization of gametes, while the gametophyte generation is typically reduced and dependent on the sporophyte in seed plants. Thus, the seed contains the developing sporophyte embryo, which will grow into the mature plant.
Three examples of a sporophyte are Polypodium, mosses, and a pine tree.
In ferns, the dominant generation is the sporophyte.
The sporophyte stage depends on the gameophytestage because the gameophyte stage has a photosynthic stageand because the sporophyte stage lives shortly.
Flowering plants do not have a sporophyte. They have antheridium and archegonium to produce their gametes. Sporophyte is found in ferns, mosses, club mosses, lycophytes, etc but not in flowering plants. Flowering plants produces pollen while a sporophyte produces spores