Question

Do ferns have alternation of generations?

Answer 1

Ferns:

1. Plants without flowers include ferns.
2. In most cases, ferns produce spores to reproduce.
3. Ferns have roots, stalks, and leaves, much like blooming plants do.
4. Alternation of generations is defined as the life cycle of a plant as it intersperses between a sexual phase, or generation, and an asexual phase.
5. Ferns do have an alternation of generation cycle.
6. Two generations of plants are required to complete the fern life cycle.
7. The life cycle of the fern has two different stages; sporophyte, which releases spores, and gametophyte, which releases gametes.
8. The first generation is diploid, while the second is haploid.
9. They have a haplo-diplontic life cycle.