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Gametophyte vs Prothallium - What's the difference?

gametophyte | prothallium |

As nouns the difference between gametophyte and prothallium

is that gametophyte is (botany) a plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote while prothallium is a plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle.

gametophyte

English

(wikipedia gametophyte)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A plant (or the haploid phase in its life cycle) which produces gametes by mitosis in order to produce a zygote.

    • Related terms

    * gametangium * gamete * gametogenesis * gametophytic

    See also

    * sporophyte

    prothallium

    English

    Noun

    (prothallia) (wikipedia prothallium)
  • A plant, usually a pteridophyte, in gametophyte stage in the metagenesis cycle.
  • The young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss.

    • Synonyms

    * prothallus