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4.18.2011

Blog #11 (Generations)

Blog #11
Get a picture of alternation of generations put it in your blog and explain how it relates to plants
Starting with the diploid plant, its cells under go Meiosis, this reduces the Diploid cells to Haploid cells. These Haploid cells do not fertilize other Haploid gametes and therefore undergo further Mitosis to yield a Haploid plant.  As Mitosis continues these Haploid cells can fertilize/ be fertilized by Haploid gametes. This yields a Diploid cell which under further Mitosis yields the Diploid plant we started with (2 generations prior).  

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