Biology · Reproduction
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In sexual reproduction, plants have diplohaplontic life cycle with alternating:
- A
Haploid sporophyte and diploid gametophyte generations.
- B
Diploid sporophyte and diploid gametophyte generations.
- C
Haploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations.
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Diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations.
Sexual reproduction in plants consists of a diplohaplontic life cycle with alternating diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations.
It is incorrect because it describes the reverse pattern of the plant life cycle. In plants, the sporophyte generation is typically diploid, producing haploid spores through meiosis. These spores develop into the gametophyte generation, which is haploid and produces gametes.
It is incorrect because it suggests that both generations are diploid, which is not the characteristic pattern in plant life cycles.
It is incorrect because it implies that both generations are haploid, which is not the typical pattern in plant life cycles.
Sexual reproduction in plants consists of a diplohaplontic life cycle with alternating diploid sporophyte and haploid gametophyte generations.
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