gametophyte

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the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

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A later terrestrial adaptation took place with retention of the delicate, avascular sexual stage, the gametophyte, within the tissues of the vascular sporophyte. Source: Internet

In these plants, the embryo begins its existence attached to the inside of the archegonium on a parental gametophyte from which the egg cell was generated. Source: Internet

Any sex organs that are produced by the plant will develop on the gametophyte. Source: Internet

Either the sporophyte or the gametophyte may be reduced (heteromorphic). Source: Internet

In heterosporous vascular plants (plants that produce both microspores and megaspores), the gametophyte develops endosporically, within the spore wall. Source: Internet

The egg producing gametophyte is known as a megagametophyte, because it is typically larger, and the sperm producing gametophyte is known as a microgametophyte. Source: Internet

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