BIOL 1002 : Biology 1002 Notes For Exam 3

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Many plants can reproduce either sexually or asexually. During asexual reproduction, mitotic cell division in an existing plant produces an offspring that is genetically identical to the parent. For example: aspen trees can sprout new shoots from their roots. The plant sexual life cycle alternates between diploid and haploid stages. The sexual life cycle of plants is described as alternation of generations because it alternates between multicellular diploid and multicellular haploid generations that give rise to each other in a continuing cycle. Specialized reproduction cells in the diploid stage undergo meiotic cell division, producing haploid cells called spores. Zygote: in sexual reproduction, a diploid cell (fertilized egg) formed by the fusion of two haploid gametes. Gametophyte: the multicellular haploid stage in the life cycle of plants. The female gametophyte, which remains in the flower, usually consists of seven cells, one of which is the egg.

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