BIOL10005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Endosperm, Meiosis, Double Fertilization

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Lecture 21: Seed plants and flowering plants
Ferns:
Roots and vascular tissue for water uptake + transport
oCan grow much larger than mosses
oBody differentiate into rooms, stems, leaves
Sporophyte dominates
Motile gametes (sexual reproduction reliant on free water)
oHave to swim & find free water to get to egg cells
Same life cycle with the mosses
Seed Plants
Cycads, Conifers, Angiosperms (flowering plants)
Seed – embryonic plant encased within a protective coating typically resources with stored
food
Seed plants have four main derived features: major events in land plant evolution
oDevelopment of secondary growth
produces woody tissue, adds to girth
oProduce two types of spores (Heterospory):
megaspores (in ovules – female)
microspores (pollen – male)
in conifers both are born on cones
oReproduce by seeds – female gametophyte and embryo enclosed within an ovule,
which is nourished and protected on the parent plant
oMale gametes transported in pollen
Secondary growth
The vascular cambium is the meristem that produces additional (secondary) vascular tissue
(xylem and phloem)
Secondary growth increases the girth of a stem by adding wood and bark
Secondary growth is essential for development of shrubs and trees
Pollination: liberate land plants from the need of free water for fertilisation
SEEDS:
Developed from fertilized ovules
Ovule is a sporangium (or container) surrounded by a protective covering (integument)
Ovule contains only 1 functional spore --> retained on the parent plant
Pollen
Pollen grains are transported to the ovule (female gamete) prior to sperm cell development
Pollen are wind-blown to the female ovule
The sperm cells do not require free water
Pollination and fertilization are widely separated...
Conifers
c.600 species of shrubs and trees
Tallest and longest-lived organisms
Ecological and biogeographic important
Economic value – softwood, timber, paper
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Roots and vascular tissue for water uptake + transport o o. Motile gametes (sexual reproduction reliant on free water: have to swim & find free water to get to egg cells. Seed embryonic plant encased within a protective coating typically resources with stored food. Seed plants have four main derived features: major events in land plant evolution: development of secondary growth produces woody tissue, adds to girth. The vascular cambium is the meristem that produces additional (secondary) vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) Secondary growth increases the girth of a stem by adding wood and bark. Secondary growth is essential for development of shrubs and trees. Pollination: liberate land plants from the need of free water for fertilisation. Ovule is a sporangium (or container) surrounded by a protective covering (integument) Ovule contains only 1 functional spore --> retained on the parent plant. Pollen grains are transported to the ovule (female gamete) prior to sperm cell development.

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