ALTERNATION OF GENERATIONS. “In 1851, Hofmeister recognized that plants alternate be- tween two distinct phases, yet it was not until 1894 that Strasburger proposed that this ‘‘alternation of generations’’ represented an alternation between haploid and diploid phases. Such an alternation of generations is a necessary consequence of sexual reproduction, since a haploid phase must follow meiosis and a diploid phase must follow gamete fusion, but the lengths of these two phases vary widely among organisms.” An important article.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022