BIOL 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Non-Vascular Plant, Embryophyte, Gametophyte

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2 Feb 2017
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Vascular plants that lacks seeds: sporophyte stage dominant. Vascular seed plants: sporophyte stage dominant, gametophyte stage reduced to a few cells. Do not have vascular tissue: vascular tissue: conducting tissues: xylem transports water & dissolved minerals, and phloem transports sugars. Some mosses have a central canal through which water travels. Many nonvascular plants also have a thin cuticle and rudimentary stomata on their aboveground structures. They do not have true roots or leaves. Have a dominant sporophyte stage that typically grows much larger and taller than the dominant gametophyte stage of nonvascular plants. Have a lignified vascular tissue: lignin = tough polymer that provides structural support, structurally reinforced vascular system helps transport water & nutrients over long distances, which allows seedless vascular plants to grow taller than their nonvascular counterparts. Are well adapted for life on land: because microscopic gametophytes are protected against drying out and nourished within their mature sporophyte forms. Male gametophytes are enclosed in pollen grains.

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