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Gametophytes are haploid plants developing from the spores and giving rise to the sex organs on them. After fertilization (i.e. union of a male gamete with egg) the zygote is formed, which is diploid in nature. Further development of zygote results into the sporophyte. In lower plants like Liverworts the main plant body is gametophytic in nature and sporopytes are dependent on gametophytes. during the course of evolution gametophytic body got successively reduced and became dependent on sporophyte. the later got enhanced and independent.

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