Sporophyte vs. Gametophyte

Sporophytenoun

(botany) A plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.

Sporophytenoun

In plants exhibiting alternation of generations, the generation which bears asexual spores; - opposed to gametophyte. It is not clearly differentiated in the life cycle of the lower plants.

Sporophytenoun

the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

Sporophyte

A sporophyte () is the diploid multicellular stage in the life cycle of a plant or alga. It develops from the zygote produced when a haploid egg cell is fertilized by a haploid sperm and each sporophyte cell therefore has a double set of chromosomes, one set from each parent.

Gametophytenoun

(botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.

Gametophytenoun

In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the algæ, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.

Gametophytenoun

the gamete-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

Gametophyte

A gametophyte () is one of the two alternating multicellular phases in the life cycles of plants and algae. It is a haploid multicellular organism that develops from a haploid spore that has one set of chromosomes.