Plant and animal development share a number of features, but differ in major ways. Which of the following is a key difference between plants and animals?

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Animals typically produce gametes through meiosis, a process that results in cells with half the number of chromosomes, which are then restored to the full number upon fertilization. Plants, however, can produce gametes through mitosis in certain life cycle stages, such as in the gametophyte phase of bryophytes and seedless vascular plants, leading to gametes with a full set of chromosomes.

Plant and Animal Development Share a Number of Features, but Differ