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The plant life cycle alternates between a sporophyte and a gametophyte. Usually, in the sporophyte stage


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Gametes are produced

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Meiosis occurs

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Only mitosis takes place

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Gametophytes form

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Solution

The correct option is B

Meiosis occurs


The gametophyte is the haploid phase and a sporophyte is a diploid phase found in some plants and algae that undergo alternation of generations. The sporophyte produces haploid spores (through meiosis) that develop into a gametophyte. The gametophyte is the sexual phase, it develops sex organs that produce gametes that fuse and grow into a sporophyte.

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