Meaning of alternate generation | Babel Free

Definitions

Each of the two forms of an organism whose life cycle involves alternation of generations, or the fact of such alternation occurring in a given organism.

Examples

“If, instead of a single individual, several were to be thus developed metagenetically within a pre-existing form, the process would be called one of alternate generation.”

“On the female side, the alternate generation is a small collection of cells, called an embryo sac, that is hidden away deep inside the reproductive parts of the maple tree.”

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