Second, the governing board of directors was established with representatives from all affected constituencies: consumers, providers, employers, regulators, and industry experts. URAC is one of the fastest growing health care accreditation agencies in the world. It will continue to develop new standards for the health care system and revise existing ones to promote national standards and to ensure that all stakeholders, including consumers and providers, are protected.
pollen-the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant. microspore-smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte.
All plants produce spores by meiosis; algae and fungi produce spores by meiosis or mitosis. This is called alternation of generation. In the lower plants, the gametophyte generation is the dominant stage; in higher plants, the sporophyte generation is the dominant stage. Four major groups of plants have evolved. The bryophytes are seedless and disperse via haploid spores. The ferns, gymnosperms, and flowering plants have vascular tissue.