BIOL 1002 Lecture : Notes

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Sexual versus asexual reproduction: many plant species can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Asexual reproduction can occur via fragmentation: fragmentation can be an artificial process (cuttings) or a natural process, the parent plant sends out horizontal stems (runners) that can lead to completely new plants. Asexual reproduction is natural cloning where all the offspring are genetically identical to the parent plant. Sexual offspring combine the genes from two parents and are genetically different from their parents. 2 distinct multicellular adult forms: sporophyte: diploid plant which produces haploid spores, gametophyte: haploid plant which produces gametes. In mosses and ferns the gametophyte is small and independent: water is essential for sexual reproduction. In seed plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms, the gametophyte is very small and relies on the sporophyte (it"s part of the sporophyte: water no longer needed for transporting the gametes. Two types of spores are seen in the flowering plants.

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