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Expert: - 4/11/2009


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How do spores form?  I really don't understand the terns "germination" or
"vegetative" cells.

Thanks for your help!

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It depends upon the spore but I assume you are thinking about reproductive spores which are formed in sporophyte organs in plants and animals.  A spore contains gametes (male or female) and are reproductive structures.  Vegetative cells do not. Germination of a spore produces an developing structure

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