Sporophyte means 'spore plant'; when the sporophyte is mature, it produces spores.
Spores are produced by meiosis and meiosis takes place in diploid cells. So, the sporophyte must be diploid.
The sporophyte is formed by mitosis of the zygote.
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Sporophyte means 'spore plant'; when the sporophyte is mature, it produces spores. Spores are produced by meiosis and meiosis takes place in diploid cells. So, the sporophyte must be diploid. The sporophyte is formed by mitosis of the zygote. |
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| In mosses, the sporophyte remains dependant on the gametophyte. In fact, the moss sporophyte grows out of and remains attached to site of the archegonium. | |
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