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Chapter 29, Problem 2S
Would you expect the sporophyte generation of a moss or a fern to have more mitotic divisions? Why?
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Which of the following statements about the haplodiplontic life cycle of land plants is/are TRUE?
A During the sporophyte stage, sporangia house diploid mother cells that will eventually undergo meiosis.
B Sperm develop from mitosis in the archegonium.
C Spores grow by mitosis into mature haploid gametophytes.
D The gametophytic stage begins with a diploid spore.
EA and C are both true.
If ferns produce spores, are they a sporophyte or agametophyte? Are they haploid or diploi
Describe two differences between a fern sporophyte and a moss sporophyte.
Are fern spores haploid or diploid? Are the spores produced by meiosis or mitosis? Where are the spores produced?
Do mosses have an alternation of isomorphic or heteromorphic generations? That is, can you easily tell a moss gametophyte from a moss sporophyte? When we look at leafy green moss plants, what are we seeing—the gametophyte or the sporophyte? In a flowering plant species, would the equivalent stage be the plant or the pollen grains and megagametophytes?
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- You are studying a type of plant known as " rockcress" or Arabidopsis sp. You discover a mutant in which the central cell of the female gametophyte cannot be fertilized. What structure will not form in these mutant plants? Synergids Pollen tube Endosperm Egg cellarrow_forwardWhich of the following is a universal feature of the life cycles of land plants? Genetically identical gametophyte and sporophyte stages Multicellular haploid and diploid gametes Morphologically identical gametophyte and sporophyte stages Alteration of generations between haploid gametophytes and diploid sporophytesarrow_forwardEarly botanists admired ferns but found their life cycle perplexing. In the 1700s, they learned to propagate ferns by sowing what appeared to be tiny dust like “seeds” that they collected from the undersides of fronds. Despite many attempts, the botanists could not locate the pollen source, which they assumed must stimulate these “seeds” to develop. Imagine you could write to these botanists. Compose a note that explains the fern life cycle and clears up their confusion.arrow_forward
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