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What human reproductive organ is functionally similar to this seed?

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• The pine tree <strong>is</strong> the sporophyte and produces<br />

sporangia in male and female cones<br />

• Small cones produce microspores called pollen<br />

grains, each of which contains a male<br />

game<strong>to</strong>phyte<br />

• The familiar larger cones contain ovules, which<br />

produce megaspores that develop in<strong>to</strong> female<br />

game<strong>to</strong>phytes<br />

• It takes nearly three years from cone<br />

production <strong>to</strong> mature <strong>seed</strong><br />

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