Alternation of generations (also known as metagenesis or heterogenesis) is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae. In plants both phases... 40 KB (4,567 words) - 04:09, 7 October 2023 |
Spore-bearing plants, like all plants, go through a life-cycle of alternation of generations. The fully grown sporophyte, what is commonly referred to as... 6 KB (670 words) - 08:01, 21 May 2023 |
develops into a new sporophyte. This cycle is known as alternation of generations or alternation of phases. Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts)... 7 KB (791 words) - 19:10, 10 April 2024 |
Wilhelm Hofmeister (category Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) discovery of alternation of generations as a general principle in plant life. His proposal that alternation between a spore-bearing generation (sporophyte)... 10 KB (1,137 words) - 04:33, 5 October 2023 |
Sexual reproduction (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2024) gametophyte and asexual diploid sporophyte, is known as alternation of generations. The evolution of sexual reproduction is considered paradoxical, because... 38 KB (4,779 words) - 17:04, 25 April 2024 |
Plant morphology (category Branches of botany) discovery of the alternation of generations found in all plants and most algae. This area of plant morphology overlaps with the study of biodiversity and... 36 KB (4,679 words) - 15:29, 2 April 2024 |
Dioecy (section Evolution of dioecy) in that their life cycle involves alternation of generations. In animals, typically an individual produces gametes of one kind, either sperm or egg cells... 27 KB (2,737 words) - 23:14, 19 March 2024 |
(seed plants), the life cycle of pteridophytes involves alternation of generations. This means that a diploid generation (the sporophyte, which produces... 17 KB (1,655 words) - 22:53, 2 April 2024 |
Meiosis (section Origin of meiosis) living organism alternates between haploid and diploid states. Consequently, this cycle is also known as the alternation of generations. The diploid organism's... 62 KB (7,299 words) - 08:27, 9 April 2024 |
Plant reproduction (redirect from Sexual characters of flowering plants) processes, different types of plants and algae vary, but many of them, including all land plants, undergo alternation of generations, with two different multicellular... 25 KB (3,263 words) - 13:37, 30 March 2024 |
were important in the evolution of land plants. All land plants have a life cycle with an alternation of generations between a diploid sporophyte and... 6 KB (660 words) - 23:38, 25 March 2024 |
Velella (category Cnidarians of the Atlantic Ocean) with a form of alternation of generations. The deep blue, by-the-wind sailors that are recognized by many beach-goers are the polyp phase of the life cycle... 13 KB (1,239 words) - 11:09, 23 April 2024 |
develops into a new sporophyte. This cycle is known as alternation of generations. The spores of seed plants are produced internally, and the megaspores... 24 KB (2,055 words) - 22:22, 20 April 2024 |
occur in separate multicellular generations or "phases" of the life cycle, referred to as alternation of generations. Since sexual reproduction is often... 40 KB (4,283 words) - 06:53, 22 April 2024 |
of scales or leaves, which are often modified to form cones, or on their own as in yew, Torreya, Ginkgo. Gymnosperm lifecycles involve alternation of... 37 KB (2,802 words) - 07:00, 28 April 2024 |
Gonozooid (section Examples of species with gonozooids) gametes. Gonozooids may play a role in labour division or in alternation of generations. A gonozooid typically has hardly any other function than reproduction... 6 KB (643 words) - 00:49, 4 December 2023 |
Red algae (section Species of red algae) reproduce sexually. The life history of red algae is typically an alternation of generations that may have three generations rather than two. The coralline... 57 KB (5,878 words) - 20:25, 8 April 2024 |
of seedless vascular plants that are not true ferns. Like ferns, a fern ally disperses by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations.... 5 KB (568 words) - 23:01, 10 February 2023 |
Aurelia (cnidarian) (category Cnidarians of the Atlantic Ocean) northeastern and northwestern coasts of the United States, and those of northern Europe. Aurelia undergoes alternation of generations, whereby the sexually-reproducing... 13 KB (1,276 words) - 02:28, 1 April 2024 |
Sex organ (redirect from Organs of generation) female sex organs (a hermaphrodite). The life cycle of land plants involves alternation of generations between a sporophyte and a haploid gametophyte. The... 20 KB (1,971 words) - 04:08, 21 April 2024 |
Ploidy (section Types of ploidy) single population. Alternation of generations occurs in most plants, with individuals "alternating" ploidy level between different stages of their sexual life... 53 KB (5,943 words) - 03:50, 28 April 2024 |
Meristotheca papulosa (category Algae of Australia) with a branch width of 1–5 cm. The interior of the algal body has multiple axes. It has isomorphic alternation of generations (the sporophyte and the... 2 KB (240 words) - 06:48, 4 February 2022 |
Motion interpolation, a form of video processing Interpolation theory, an explanation of the alternation of generations in plants String interpolation... 1 KB (199 words) - 14:29, 6 August 2021 |
Laminaria (category Marine biota of Asia) for many fish and invertebrates. The life cycle of Laminaria has heteromorphic alternation of generations which differs from Fucus. At meiosis the male... 19 KB (1,995 words) - 02:55, 5 March 2024 |