In some plants such as mosses and ferns, there is a multicellular stage in the life cycle that is haploid and a different stage that is diploid. What can you conclude from this?
A) The haploid cells must undergo twice as much mitosis in order to produce a diploid stage.
B) Haploid cells must undergo mitosis to produce a multicellular haploid stage.
C) Meiosis must happen over and over to produce as many haploid cells for a multicellular haploid plant.
D) Haploid cells must undergo meiosis to form gametes.
Answer: B
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