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The Angiosperm Life Cycle<br />

• The flower of the sporophyte <strong>is</strong> composed of<br />

both male and female structures<br />

• Male game<strong>to</strong>phytes are contained within pollen<br />

grains produced by the microsporangia of<br />

anthers<br />

• The female game<strong>to</strong>phyte, or embryo sac,<br />

develops within an ovule contained within an<br />

ovary at the base of a stigma<br />

• Most flowers have mechan<strong>is</strong>ms <strong>to</strong> ensure<br />

cross-pollination between flowers from<br />

different plants of the same species<br />

Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publ<strong>is</strong>hing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings

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