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Schema van de levenscyclus:
{{Levenscyclus heteromorf met dominante gametofyt}}
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!colspan=18|Generatiewisseling: heteromorfe digenetische cyclus met dominante gametofyt<br>Kernfasewisseling: diplohaplofasische cyclus met sporische (intermediaire) meiose
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|colspan=18 style="text-align:left;"|{{aut|isosporangiate, isospore diplohaplont met eenhuizige, dominante gametofyt}}
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|rowspan=2|→
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:Lightcyan;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-right:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-left:double windowtext 2.5pt;"|zygote<br>(2n)
|rowspan=2 colspan=6|→ groei →
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:Lightcyan;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-left:double windowtext 2.5pt;"|sporofyt
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:Lightcyan;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-right:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.5pt;"|sporangium
|rowspan=2|→ meiose →
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;"|spore (n)
|rowspan=2|→ groei →
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 3.0pt;"|'''gametofyt''' <
|style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 3.0pt;"|♂ gametangium
|→ deling →
|style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;"|♂ gameet
|rowspan=2| > bevruchting →
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|style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 3.0pt;"|♀ gametangium
|→ deling →
|style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;"|♀ gameet
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|colspan=18 style="text-align:left;"|{{aut|isosporangiate, heterospore diplohaplont met tweehuizige, dominante gametofyt}}
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|rowspan=2|→
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:Lightcyan;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-right:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-left:double windowtext 2.5pt;"|zygote<br>(2n)
|rowspan=2 colspan=6|→ groei →
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:Lightcyan;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-left:double windowtext 2.5pt;"|sporofyt
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:Lightcyan;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-right:double windowtext 2.5pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.5pt;"|sporangium
|rowspan=2 |→ meiose →<
|style="background-color:Pink;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;"|♂ spore (n)
|→ groei →
|style="background-color:Pink;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 3.0pt;"|'''♂ gametofyt'''
|style="background-color:Pink;border-right:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 3.0pt;"|♂ gametangium
|→ deling →
|style="background-color:Pink;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;"|♂ gameet
|rowspan=2 | > bevruchting →
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|style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;"|♀ spore (n)
|→ groei →
|style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 3.0pt;"|'''♀ gametofyt'''
|style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 3.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 3.0pt;"|♀ gametangium
|→ deling →
|style="background-color:Pink;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;"|♀ gameet
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De [[mossen]] zijn gewoonlijk een eenhuizige, isosporangiate, isospore diplohaplont, en zijn slechts zelden tweehuizig en heterospoor. De gametofyt is dominant en de sporofyt parasiteert op de gametofyt. ''[[Buxbaumia]]'' ([[kaboutermos]]) heeft echter een gametofyt die betrekkelijk snel afsterft, zodat de groene sporofyt een tijdje zelfstandig leeft tot aan de sporerijping.
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