Question about fern reproduction quick reply needed?

Question

is gametophyte and sporophyte two strages in fern reproduction or two different parts of reproductive organs?

a summary of the reproduction would be great too thanks

Answer 1

http://www.bio.miami.edu/dana/pix/fern_l...

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gametophyte and sporophyte two stages in fern reproduction and two different parts of reproductive organs

gametophytes(n) produce gametes (n)

sporophytes(2n) produce spores (2n)

http://io.uwinnipeg.ca/~simmons/images/f...

As you can see in this picture they are 2 stages too