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In the various Chapters, an attempt has been made to discuss the initiation, development and differentiation of sex organs in different groups of plants. In some groups the sex organs lack morphological distinction, but the reproductive cell/s do have physiological/biochemical/genetical distinction. The universal occurrence of two generations—gametophyte and sporophyte—and their functional significance was established through the classic comparative work of Hofmeister (1869). The impact of this discovery stimulated much discussion of life cycle evolution and the origin of morphological differences between the gametophyte and sporophyte.
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Johri, B.M. (2001). Concluding Remarks. In: Johri, B.M., Srivastava, P.S. (eds) Reproductive Biology of Plants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50133-3_13
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