Question

What does the diplontic life cycle involve?

Answer 1

Diplontic life cycle involves:

1. The zygote undergoes mitosis.
2. The dominant phase is the diploid sporophyte.
3. Plants develop from the zygotes.
4. Plants and algae show alternation of generations between an asexual vegetative stage and a sexual gamete-producing stage.
5. All plants also exhibit alternating sexual reproduction between two multicellular stages.
6. The gametophyte is haploid and the gametophyte is diploid.
7. Diplontic life cycle found in angiosperm and gymnosperm.