In bryophytes, the dominant generation is the gametophyte, while in pteridophytes it's the sporophyte; angiosperms have a highly reduced gametophyte entirely dependent on the sporophyte. But yaar, these textbook distinctions always felt too neat—studying *Marchantia* under our old microscope, I saw that 'dominance' is a matter of perspective, a quiet struggle for existence in both phases. My own life feels like an alternation too, between being the sturdy sporophyte provider for my family and the gametophyte student again, desperately absorbing notes by the evening verandah light.
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