1041SCG Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Antheridium, Archegonium, Sporopollenin

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Week 6 plant diversity and plant anatomy. Origin: plants colonized land (along with fungi and animals) around 500 million years ago, advantages of living on land: More co2 in the air than in water. Less competition: disadvantages of living on land: Land plants are embryophytes: those with an embryo. Land plants are closely related to green algae. Depending on what feature is used to define plants, it may include green algae. Specialized organ for gamete production (gametangia: archegonium in female plants, antheridium in male plants. Multicellular, dependent embryos (embryophytes) grow protected within the parent. Tough and protected spores: spores are more resistant to drying by encasing in special walls (sporopollenin, produced protected within specialized spore-producing structures (sporangium, need to grow above ground (co2, light) and below ground (water and mineral nutrients) Apical meristems are specialized tissue around the growing tis of plants where cells divide repeatedly allowing for rapid directional growth toward the sun or nutrients.

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