- diplobiontic
- dip·lo·bi·on·tic
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diplobiontic
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diplobiontic — adjective Describing a plant or fungus where both the haploid and diploid phases are represented by a multicellular phase. All embryophytes are diplobiontic. Ant: haplobiontic … Wiktionary
diplobiontic — adjective see diplobiont … Useful english dictionary
Biological life cycle — A life cycle is a period involving 1 generation of an organism through means of reproduction, whether through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. In regard to its ploidy, there are 3 types of cycles: * haplontic life cycle * diplontic… … Wikipedia
Evolutionary history of plants — Plants have evolved through increasing levels of complexity, from the earliest algal mats, through bryophytes, lycopods, ferns and gymnosperms to the complex angiosperms of today. While the simple plants continue to thrive, especially in the… … Wikipedia
reproductive system, plant — Introduction any of the systems, sexual or asexual, by which plants reproduce. In plants, as in animals, the end result of reproduction is the continuation of a given species, and the ability to reproduce is, therefore, rather conservative … Universalium
Alternation of generations — (also known as alternation of phases or metagenesis) is a term primarily used in describing the life cycle of plants (taken here to mean the Archaeplastida). A multicellular sporophyte, which is diploid with 2N paired chromosomes (i.e. N pairs),… … Wikipedia
plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… … Universalium
