BSC 116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Non-Vascular Plant, Vascular Plant, Gametophore

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Five key events in the history of plant evolution: multicellularity, 475 my, invasion of land. Bryophytes: 420 my, evolution of vascular tissue, 30 my, appearance of (extant) seed plants, 140 my, evolution of flowers. Grades of plant morphology: non-vascular bryophytes, vascular plants, seed plants, angiosperms (flowering) Vascular tissue- specialized cells that transport water, nutrients, etc. Most diverse and most commonly encountered: typically form low carpets rather than upright branches, bryophyte life cycles dominated by a gametophyte, but with prominent sporophyte. Plant life cycles are characterized by alternation of generations: alternation of generations- alternating, multicellular haploid (n) and diploid (2n) phases. Gametophytes (n) produce gametes (n) by mitosis. Gametes (n) fuse to produce sporophytes (2n: dominant phases vary among plant groups. Bryophyte life cycle dominated by gametophyte stage. Spores germinate to form branched protonemata (1 cell thick) Gametophytes (n) have either female or male gametangia. Sperm must swim through water to fertilize eggs. Bryophyte sporophytes are dependent on parental gametophytes.

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