SCI1187 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sporophyte, Gametophyte, Gamete

Week 12 – Plant Reproduction

ANIMAL CYCLE VS PLANT LIFE CYCLE

Animals have diploid seeds, meaning there are two sets of chromosomes in each cell. A haploid cell has one set of

chromosomes in each cell. This is because the gamete is donated by each parent

Plants life cycles are more complicated. This is because they include asexual and sexual phases. There is also an

alternation of generation, where there are two sporophytes produce spores and gametophytes produce