BSC 116 Chapter Notes - Chapter 30: Zygote, Basal Angiosperms, Cotyledon

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Section 30. 1: seeds and pollen grains are key adaptations for life on land. Seed- consists of an embryo and its food supply, surrounded by a protective coat: when mature, seeds are dispersed from their parent by wind or other means, enabling them to colonize distant locations. This allowed for an important evolutionary innovation in seedless plants: their tiny gametophytes can develop from spores retained within the sporoangia of the parental sporophyte. This arrangement can protect the gametophytes from environmental stresses. Also enables the developing gametophytes to obtain nutrients from the parental sporophyte. In contrast, the free-living gametophytes of seedless vascular plants must fend for themselves. Integument- a layer of sporophyte tissue that envelops and protects the megosporangium: gymnosperm megasporangia are surrounded by one integument, whereas those in angiosperms usually have two integuments. Ovule- the whole structure megasporangium, megaspore, and their integument(s) Inside each ovule, a female gametophyte develops from a megaspore and produces one or more eggs.

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