BI111 Study Guide - Vascular Plant, Gametophyte, Sporophyte

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13-03-03 1:59 pm alternation of generations: the regular alternation of mode of reproduction in the life cycle of an organism, such as the alternation between diploid (sporophyte) and haploid (gametophyte) phases in plants. Sporophyte: an individual of the diploid generation produced through fertilization in organisms that undergo alternations of generations; it produces haploid spores. Gametophyte: an individual of the haploid generation produced when a spore germinates and grows directly by mitotic divisions in organisms that under go alternation of generations. Poikilohydric: having little control over internal water content. Xylem: the plant vascular tissue that distributes water and nutrients. Phloem: the food conducting tissue of a vascular plant. Ovule: in plants, the structure in a carpel in which female gametophyte develops and fertilization takes place. Seed: the structure that forms when an ovule matures after a pollen grain reaches it and a sperm fertilizes the egg.

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