Liverwort life cycle

• Title

  Liverwort life cycle

• Definition

  Referring to the alternation of generations between the gameophyte (haploid) and sporophyte (diploid) stages of a liverwort. The most conspicuous stage of the life cycle is the gametophyte generation whereas the sportophyte generation is small and inconspicuous.

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