In many plants and algae, the nonsexual phase in the alternation of generations, or an individual representing the phase.
The alternate, sexual phase is the gametophyte. In the sporophyte phase, a diploid (&see; ploidy) plant body grows and eventually produces spores through meiosis. These spores divide by mitosis to produce haploid gametophytes, which then can carry out sexual reproduction.
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