A gametophyte, or gamete-bearing plant, is one of the two multicellular phases that occur in alternation of generations. The gametophyte is the haploid phase; that is, its cells contain only one set of chromosomes, in contrast to the sporophyte phase,...

A gametophyte is a haploid, gamete producing sexual phase in the life cycle of the plants that exhibit a phenomenon called the alternation of generations. The other distinct phase in the life cycle of such plants is called a sporophyte. The gametophyte...

In plants that undergo alternation of generations, a gametophyte is the structure, or phase of life, that contains only half of the total complement of...