BIO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Pollen Tube, Megaspore, Gymnosperm

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Seed plants- gymnosperms: the seed is an important advancement, gymnosperms have naked seeds, gymnosperm life cycle, there are four groups of gymnosperms. Most ferns are homosporous: the sporophyte produces just a single type of spores that turn into a gamophyte. Seed plants are heterosporous: male and female sporangia. Female and male cones (strobili) on same tree. The female gametophyte is enclosed in protective tissue and is dependent on the sporophyte for nutrition. 40 um, no longer free living (no antheridium) The seed is the mature ovule containing an embryo (product to fertilization: zygote: 2n. The end of dependence on water for reproduction. Gingkos: dioecious; having separate male and female individuals. Gnetophytes gnetum: share a form of vessel cells, allow for efficient transfer of water and nutrients, analogous to what are found in angiosperms, convergent traits. Develop flowers: grasses are among flowering plants. Pollen, seeds, flowers (via pollinators), and fruit all allow for dispersal.

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