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A cell of the haploid gametophyte of a plant has 11 chromosomes.
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A cell of the haploid gametophyte of a plant has chromosomes. How many chromosomes are in a cell of its sporophyte, and in one of its gametes? What is the name of the life cycle in which the two phases follow each other?
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Plantae: eukaryotes with chlorophyll, cell walls of cellulose, mostly autotrophic (a few partly heterotrophic: insectivorous plants and Cuscuta), and a life cycle that alternates a diploid sporophyte () and a haploid gametophyte (). Animalia: many-celled heterotrophs with no cell wall, holozoic nutrition (food taken in and digested inside), reserve food as glycogen or fat, and mostly sexual reproduction.
The worked solution
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Step 1. Sporophyte. It is diploid: chromosomes.
Step 2. Gamete. It is haploid: chromosomes.
Step 3. The cycle. A diploid sporophytic phase and a haploid gametophytic phase follow each other: alternation of generations.
Answer: and ; alternation of generations.
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