Alternation of Generations

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Alternation of Generations

• A type of life cycle found in plants that
  alternates between 2 different versions of adult
  plants
• the sporophyte and the gametophyte plant

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• The Sporophyte plant produces spores, which after
  released, will germinate and each spore will grow
  into a new plant (the gametophyte)
• The Gametophyte plant produces gametes, (eggs and
  sperm). After an egg and sperm unite
  (fertilization), the zygote will germinate and
  grow into a new plant (the sporophyte)
• The lifecycle continues, with sporophyte plants
  reproducing gametophyte plants and visa versa
  alternating between the two plant types

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Sporophyte
spores
gametes
gametophyte
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Moss Sporophyte Gametophyte

• Sporophytes
  Gametophytes (attached)

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Fern Sporophyte Gametophyte

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  Gametophytes
• Sporophytes

rhizoids