Mail Taiv X PeopleSof x B The Colon X Study Area x bMy Questi x b Register f x b Password P Dashboar X (3,715 unr X Conifers: (17) How X d2l.lonestar.edu/d2l/le/content/781451/viewContent/11130035/View The Colonization of Land Plants Derived Traits of Plants Four key traits appear in nearly all land plants but are absent in the charophytes 1. Alternation of generations and 2. multicellular, dependent embryos 3. Walled spores produced in sporangia 4. Apical meristems 10:37 PM Type here to search 9/23/2019 X ...

Q: Define the  sporophyte ? Explain why it is helpful for plants ?

A: Alterations of generation in plants is very common. In them sporophytes is one stage in which plant…

Q: What are heliophytes and sciophytes? Give an example for each.

A: Heliophytes can be defined as the type of plants that survive in the area where light with high…

Q: Is the sporophyte of mosses ever independent of the gametophyte? Explain.

A: Plants are the autotrophs and primary producers in the food chain. Plants are classified as…

Q: Which two structures evolved though a series of changes in the reproductive biology among some…

A: Plants are photosynthetic eukaryotes of the realm Plantae. By and large, the plant realm…

Q: How are gametes formedin the pteridophyte life cycle,by mitosis or meiosis? What isthe type of…

A: Pteridophytes belongs to the category of vascular plants as it contains both, xylem and phloem.…

Q: In the life cycle of a bryophyte, represent(s) the gametophyte (haploid) form and represents the…

A: Bryophytes are tiny, non vasuclar, non flowering and seedless land plants and it includes mosses,…

Q: How do the leaves of xerophytes differ from those of hydrophytes? What is the significance of this…

A: A leaf is a vascular plant's main lateral appendage, generally borne above ground and adapted for…

Q: In animals, meiosis produces gametes (sperm cells and egg cells), but that does not happen in…

A: A sporophyte is a diploid multicellular condition in plant’s life cycle or algal life cycle.

Q: In what respect the spoprophyte of Pteridophytes and Spermatophytes areidentical.

A: Plants are categorized according to how close their characteristics are. Flowering habits, stem and…

Q: What are the benefits to a diploid sporophyte over a haploid sporophyte? List and explain atleast…

A: ANSWER: More variation in the human gene pool As a result of having twice as many chromosomes as…

Q: vascular sporophytic trachea tissues seed flowers zygote and selfing leaves embryo retention…

A: The cladogram starts with the simplest organism and ends with the most complex organism.

Q: If the leptoids of mosses were found to contain a protein whose gene had the same nucleotide…

A: Homology refers to similar structural patterns but different functional roles between molecules…

Q: One evident apomorphy evolved in vascular plants is the establishment of true leaves which is…

A: Plants can be divided into vascular plants and avascular plants. Vascular plants contain vascular…

Q: Give a biological reason why in some xerophytes ,leaves are modified into spines.

A: A leaf is a lateral appendage present on the stem of vascular plants. This structure is specialized…

Q: What is the lasting form inpteridophytes, thegametophyte or thesporophyte? How can it becompared to…

A: Pteridophytes are spore producing plants. They neither produce flower or seeds. Pteridophytes are…

Q: Moss gametophyte and sporophyte Describe the colors of the structure and their textures. Indicate…

A: Since you have asked multiple questions, according to our guidelines we are only eligible to answer…

Q: Discuss the restrictions you have observed in Bryophytes that prevent them from   colonizing all…

A: With almost 20,000 species spread across three evolutionary lineages, bryophytes are small,…

Q: vascular sporophytic trachea tissues seed flowers zygote and selfing leaves embryo retention…

A: During the construction of parsimonious cladograms, biologists compare multiple characteristics…

Q: Tracheid cells subsequently evolved from vessel elements and are specialized for support and water…

A: Xylem  It is a complex tissue of plants, containing specialise tissue that help in conduction of…

Q: Which part of the life cycle of Equisetum is dominant, the sporophyte or gametophyte?

A: R.H. Whittaker proposed the five-kingdom classification based upon certain characters like mode of…

Q: Name two features of lycophytes that increase survival onland.

A: Lycophytes are close relatives of ferns with a special kind of leaves called Microphylls. They…

Q: How different arepteridophytes frombryophytes regardingsubstance transport?

A: Bryophytes and pteridophytes are first land plants and their fertilization is called as internal…

Q: What is different about what happens to the spores of seed plants versus the spores OG seedless…

A: Plant reproduction is the development of new offspring that can be achieved through sexual or…

Q: Describe the similarities in sexual reproduction of moss and fern.

A: The similarities in sexual reproduction of moss and fern are:

Q: Suppose that a mutation of a basidiomycete changed its lifecycle to cause premature plasmogamy,…

A: Basidiomycota is a phylum of the kingdom fungi. They are filamentous fungi that form hyphae and…

Q: The sporophyte of nonvascular plants A. possesses anthers and archegonia O B. produces spores C. is…

A: Thank you for the question  Answer :- The correct option is B( The sporophytes of non vascular…

Q: What is the structure of gametophyte and sporophyte in rhodophyta?

A: Red algae, also known as Rhodophyta, are one of the most ancient types of eukaryotic algae. The…

Q: Suppose an efficient conducting system evolved in a moss that could transport water and other…

A: Mosses are the flowerless, non-vascular and small plants that are generally present in shady or damp…

Q: What are heliophytes and sciophytes?Give an examples for each.

A: Botany is a branch of biology, which involve the scientific study of plants. Plant taxonomy is the…

Q: Compare and contrast the following terms: A. Pterophyte and pteridophyte B. Thallophyte and…

A: Photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms that use sunlight to make their own food through the process of…

Q: In general where is thesporophyte positioned inrelation to the gametophyte inbryophytes? How does…

A: Bryophytes are nonvascular terrestrial plants of moist habitat. They are mostly found in damp and…

Q: What types of evidence support the hypothesis that land plants descended from the group of green…

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Q: In mosses and ferns, fertilization, and zygote and embryo formation occur in antheridia.   True…

A: Introduction: Mosses are non-vascular plants that belong to the phylum Bryophyta. They are simple…

Q: Why are both bryophytes and fern (with fern allies) are restricted in habitats with significant…

A: Bryophytes are the simplest and primitive non flowering, embryophytes that do not contain vascular…

Q: Many fungi are decomposers and degrade organic matter (such as wood and leaf litter). It has become…

A: Fungi are one of the most important organisms on the planet, they act as decomposers of organic…

Q: Suppose mutation of an ascomycete changed its life cycle so that plasmogamy, karyogamy, and meiosis…

A: Ascomycetes are type of fungus that are also known as sac fungi. It produces spores within…

Q: In which organisms gametophytic and sporophytic phases are independent?

A: Alternate of generation, also known as metagenesis is the life cycle common in some plants and algae…