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Wrong. The gametophyte is a 1n stage of the lifecycle of a plant. It produces both the male and the female gametes. It is neither male or female. If the plant is heterosporous, then the gametophyte contains the antheridium (male) and archegonium (female), which produce the respective spores.
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Reproduction in mosses takes a different form to that in vascular plants, such as trees and shrubs, where female flowers are fertilised by pollen from male flowers and grow on to produce seeds, often encased in fruits. Mosses utilise a similar method to ferns, and this consists of alternating generations of two forms. The fertile gametophyte form of the moss is the one which is commonly encountered, and male and female sex organs on it produce sperm and eggs. The eggs are fertilised after the sperm swim to them, and they then grow into the sporophyte form of the moss. This grows out of the gametophyte and consists of a spore-bearing capsule on a stalk. After being released, the spores grow into gametophytes, and the life cycle then continues with the generations alternating….!!!
Male. The gametophyte in thallus plants is male