BIOL 2004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psilotopsida, Vascular Plant, Lycopodiopsida

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Alternation of generations involves gametophytes and sporophytes: gametophytes produce sperms and eggs via mitosis, sporophytes produces spores by meiosis. In production of sperm and eggs, seedless vascular plants are similar to bryophytes in having both antheridia and archegonia. Sporophyte-gametophyte relationship in seedless vascular plants differ from both bryophytes and seed plants. Seedless vascular plants - both sporophytes and gametophytes are independent at maturity (gametophytes are short-lived: gametophytes are only for reproduction. Only gametophytes are independent in bryophytes - in seed plants, only the sporophytes are independent. Sporophytes of seedless vascular plants are much larger than gametophytes. Homospory: production of only one type of haploid spore, can result in separate female and male gametophytes (or in bisexual gametophytes, depending on species) Heterospory: production of different types of spores. Large megaspore (becomes female gametophyte: relatively rare in seedless vascular plants. Heterospory is important because it is a precursor of the formation of seeds and pollen. Known as whisk ferns: lycophyta (lycophytes)

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