BIOL 111 Lecture Notes - Gymnosperm, Sorus, Rhyniopsida
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Advanced green algae are ancestors of plants: all green algae have: Haplodiploid haploid dominant: pair of advanced groups jointly have: Sporophyte (diploid) is: single celled, matrotrophic (= mother eating, 2nd picture on this slide: open cell on the left is a reproductive organ. Onto land: freshwater algae, lived in ponds that dried out periodically, evolved ability to stay active during dry periods. Bio 111 alanna houston: challenges for moving onto land: Liverworts: like advanced algae: thallus, haploid dominant (sporophyte diploid matrotrophic, gametes flagellate and require water to swim (similar to amphibians) But different: cuticle (waxy coating on surface allows retention of water, rhizoid (= quasi root, sporophyte multicelled, oogonium archegonium (truly distinct sterile jackets, gemma cups for asexual reproduction o. Add: low mat growth form (3-10 cm, more complex sporophyte (capsule + operculum (lid), stomata, advanced mosses have a vascular system. Bryophytes (= moss plant) includes liverworts, hornworts, mosses.