A plant's life cycle alternates between ____ and ____ generations.

Biology · High School · Mon Jan 18 2021

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The plant life cycle alternates between haploid and diploid generations.

Alternation of generations describes a plant's life cycle as it alternates between a sexual phase, or generation and an asexual phase. The sexual generation in plants produces gametes, or sex cells and is called the gametophyte generation. The asexual phase produces spores and is called the sporophyte generation. Each generation develops from the other continuing the cyclical process of development. The alternation of generations is also observed in other organisms. Fungi and protists, including algae, exhibit this type of life cycle. 

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