noun
- the sexual phase in the life cycle of plants that produces gametes
Usage: biology
Examples
- Ferns produce gametophytes that are small and heart-shaped.
- The gametophytes of mosses are the dominant phase of their life cycle.
- In flowering plants, gametophytes are greatly reduced in size.
- Male and female gametophytes develop from spores in different ways.
- The study examined how gametophytes respond to environmental stress.
- Gametophytes contain half the number of chromosomes found in sporophytes.