BIOL 2200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 30: Pollen Tube, Ovule, Stamen

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30. 3 the reproductive adaptations of angiosperms include flowers and fruits. Flowers: pollinated by wind or insects, 4 types of modified leaves (sporophylls): Sepals enclose the flower before it opens. Stamens produce microspores that develop into pollen grains containing male gametophytes. Carpels make megaspores and female gametophytes. Ovary contains ovules which if fertilized, develops into a seed: co(cid:373)plete flo(cid:449)ers ha(cid:448)e all 4 of these orga(cid:374)s, (cid:449)hereas i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)plete flo(cid:449)ers do(cid:374)"t, variation in flowers result from an adaptation to specific pollinators. Fruit: forms when seeds develop after fertilization and ovary wall thickens, protects seeds and aid in their dispersal, adaptations help with seed dispersal. Angiosperm life cycle: on anther, sporophyte produces microspores dividing by meiosis, microspores form male gametophytes. Perhaps to prevent foods/nutrients from being wasted on infertile ovules. Angiosperm evolution: sudden and widespread appearance of angiosperms in fossil record about 100 mya. Fossil angiosperms: thought to have originated in early cretacious period, about 140 million years ago, evidence:

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