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life cycle of red algae
- In algae: Reproduction and life histories
…diploid carpospores that develop into tetrasporophytes. Certain cells of the tetrasporophyte undergo meiosis to produce tetraspores, and the cycle is repeated. In the life cycle of Polysiphonia, and many other red algae, there are separate male and female gametophytes, carposporophytes that develop on the female gametophytes, and separate tetrasporophytes.
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This so-called tetrasporophyte generation can later divide through meiosis (reductive cell division) to form new tetraspores.
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