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'alternation of generations' is an acceptable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to the reproductive cycle of some species, where they produce a form with a distinct set of characteristics that is different from the one that came before it. For example, "The alternation of generations in plants sees them alternate between a haploid phase and a diploid phase."
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alternation of generations
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Metagenesis
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alternation of generations -- Life cycle in which haploid and diploid generations alternate with each other.
Its life history involves an alternation of generations, with the seaweed being the sporophyte, while the alternate generation, the gametophyte, are microscopic plants.
Plants have chlorophyll and an alternation of generations.
Most brown algae have a sexual alternation of generations between two different multicellular stages.
You get alternation of generations, haploid/diploid generations, coming in pretty early.
sporophyte -- The diploid stage in the life cycle of an organism undergoing an alternation of generations.
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All Lessonia species possess an alternation-of-generations life history, which is characterized by two alternating stages, a diploid macroscopic sporophyte stage (the stage of sample collection for this study) and a microscopic gametophyte haploid stage.
How do the alternation of generation & meristems impact plant genetics?
Plants undergo alternation of generation in which reproductive cells develop in the plant body ("sporophytic generation") and then differentiate into a multicellular gamete-forming "gametophytic generation".
This technique is based on the combination of the operator called uni-modal normal distribution crossover (UNDX) [ 12] with the alternation of generation model called minimal generation gap (MGG) model [ 13].
A critical role of moss 2 KNOTTED LIKE HOMEOBOX (KNOX2) transcription factors was demonstrated in preventing the development of gametophyte leafy shoots from diploid embryos before meiosis [ 9] indicating a critical role for the evolution of KNOX2 in establishing an alternation of generation in land plants.
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