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    Alternation of generations (also known as metagenesis or heterogenesis) is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae. In plants both phases...
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    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...
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    develops into a new sporophyte. This cycle is known as alternation of generations or alternation of phases. Bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts)...
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    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)...
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    two multicellular stages, and the life cycle is referred to as alternation of generations. The term life history is often used, particularly for organisms...
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    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...
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    along the coast of Washington, United States. Salps have a complex life cycle, with an obligatory alternation of generations. Both portions of the life cycle...
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    stated above, some members of Blastocladiomycota exhibit alternation of generations. Members of this phylum also exhibit a form of sexual reproduction known...
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    (seed plants), the life cycle of pteridophytes involves alternation of generations. This means that a diploid generation (the sporophyte, which produces...
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    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...
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