Sporophyte

... “1” the sperm in the antheridium was found to have 8 chromosomes and the dominate gene “A” on one of the chromosomes which produced large sporophyte fronds. In a hybrid “2” fern, the egg was also found to contain 8 chromosomes with a recessive gene “a” which produced small sporophyte fronds. ...

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No, seeds are not spores. The tree itself is the sporophyte generation. It is called a sporophyte because it produces spores, not because it is a spore. It produces microspores, which are part of the pollen grain, and megaspores, which develop into ...

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As we know, spores are those ''seeds'' produce by mushroom or mucor. And spores are techniquely small and unseen by naked eye. But aren't seeds produced by conifer plants just too big to be "sporo"phyte? Why don't something like "seedo"phyte is called instead? :?:

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sporophyte is diploid or monoploid?

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The following is based on the fact that a certain plant has 24 chromosomes in its sporophyte generation. How many chromosomes are in the nucleus of the non-dividing root tip? a) 48 b) 8 c) 12 d) 24 I really don't understand much about this question. There's nothing ...

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