| For example, in mosses the sporophyte is a capsule atop a slender stalk that grows out of the top of the gametophyte. |
| It is believed that the gametophyte generation also had water-conducting tissue, cuticle, and stomata, making this species isomorphic. |
| Many algae are characterized by an alternation of haploid gametophyte and diploid sporophyte generations. |
| The plant life cycle alternates between a diploid sporophyte and a haploid gametophyte generation. |
| The egg cells and antherozoids are collectively known as gametes, and the generation of the moss plant that bears them is known as a gametophyte. |
| In adventitious embryony, the embryo develops directly from nucellar or chalazal tissue without an intervening gametophyte stage. |
