TWO GENERATIONS. “Plant reproductive cell lineages thus span two generations, commencing in the sporophyte when cells in the male and female sex organs (stamens and carpels, respectively) enter meiosis and terminating in the gametophyte with the formation of gametes.” (Meiosis halves the number of chromosomes, 2n to n to allow both parent genes to participate in the offspring without forever amping up the number of chromosomes in the cell).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580713000427
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022