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Core Skill: Connections Look back to Figure 32.14 to see a more detailed illustration of the flowering plant life cycle. How can you recognize and where can you find the gametophyte generation of a flowering plant?
Figure 32.14 The life cycle of a flowering plant, illustrated by the genus Polygonum. Flowering plant life cycles differ in length and in the number of cells and nuclei occurring in the female gametophyte, with the seven cells and eight nuclei of Polygonum being common.
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