Assertion: moss sporophyte | /r/HasProperty | dependent on the gametophyte for nutrition
Facets:
value: for nutrition
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In contrast to bryophytes , in which the sporophyte is nutritionally dependent on the gametophyte during its entire existence, the fern sporophyte is dependent on the gametophyte for nutrition only during the early phase of its development; thereafter, the fern sporophyte is free-living.