BIOL 1108 Lecture 15: Chapter 33 Plant Diversity

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Major evolutionary transformations in the history of plants: alternation of generations, evolution of vascular plants, evolution of pollen and seeds. (eliminates need of water for reproduction, evolution of flowering plants. Little root-like structures, branches with sporangium, single cylinder of vascular tissue: before seed plants, seedless plants formed a monophyletic group. Lycophytes: the sister group of all other vascular plants, sporophytes can get their own water and nutrients from soil, evolved leaves and roots independently of pteridophytes and seed plants, leaves have a single vein. Lycophytes used to include giant trees: evolved cork cambium and vascular cambium independent of seed plants (convergent). Lycophytes lived alongside seed plants, and only when the environment changed (dried up) were they wiped out. Seed plants: seed plants are heterosporous, which means they produce male or female spores, microspore microgametophyte sperm cell, megaspore megagametophyte archegonia (or eggs directly)

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