EBK BIOLOGY
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Chapter 30, Problem 5A
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In previous days, the seedless plants covered the earth. The seedless vascular plants are divided in to: lycophyta (club mosses), pterophyta (Ferns, horsetails) and the whisk ferns.
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D The gametophytic stage begins with a diploid spore.
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