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Explain what a plant produces in each of the two parts of its life cycle

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Plants have two distinct stages in their lifecycle: the gametophyte stage and the sporophyte stage. After reaching maturity, the diploid sporophyte produces spores by meiosis, which in turn divide by mitosis to produce the haploid gametophyte. The new gametophyte produces gametes, and the cycle continues.

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