BIOL 1108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 30: Sporophyte, Gametophyte, Flowering Plant

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• Alternation of generations evolved in plants by the
addition of a diploid sporophyte generation that
allows plants to disperse spores through the air.
• Pollen allows the male gametophyte to be
transported through the air, while resources stored
in seeds support the growth and development of the
embryo.
• Angiosperms (flowering plants) attract and reward
animal pollinators, and they provide resources for
seeds only after fertilization.
• Many plants also reproduce asexually.
In seed-producing plants:
• male gametes are never exposed to the
environment (pollen)
• the relationship between sporophyte and
gametophyte is reversed from that in bryophytes:
the gametophyte is reduced to a few cells
dependent on the sporophyte.
• seeds are produced, which are able to disperse
away from the parent plant.
For plants, timing is everything and they have many
ways to effectively detect time
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