| 1. | The plant body of a hornwort is a haploid gametophyte stage.
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| 2. | In plants, oogenesis occurs inside the female gametophyte via mitosis.
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| 3. | The longer lived, more prominent autotrophic plant is the gametophyte.
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| 4. | All species are dioicous, with separate male and female gametophytes.
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| 5. | Gametophytes which produce egg and sperm on separate plants are termed Dioicous.
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| 6. | However, not all heteromorphic gametophytes come from heterosporous plants.
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| 7. | The gametophyte becomes a food storage tissue in the seed.
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| 8. | The haploid spores germinate and grow into a haploid gametophyte.
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| 9. | The nutrition of the gametophyte appears to be endophytic fungi.
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| 10. | Since moss gametophytes are autotrophic they require enough sunlight to perform photosynthesis.
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