sporophyte

Noun

Meaning

sporophyte (plural sporophytes)

(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.

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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 Common Smoothcap moss (Atrichum undulatum), the vibration of sporophyte has been shown to be an important mechanism for spore release. Source: Internet

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

Their reduced gametophytes developed from megaspores retained within the spore-producing organs (megasporangia) of the sporophyte, a condition known as endospory. Source: Internet

The sporophyte produces spores by meiosis which in turn develop into gametophytes. Source: Internet

The sporophyte then undergoes meiosis to produce haploid tetraspores (which can be male or female) that develop into gametophytes. Source: Internet

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