BIO 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Chloranthaceae, Magnoliids, Monocotyledon

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Bio 200_ evolutionary biology-lecture 8: gymnosperms, angiosperms and coevolution. A group of seed-producing plants that includes conifers, cycads, ginkgo, and. Revolutionized the plant world and was an important advancement. The plant embryo which is protected by two tissues: the integument and the nucellus. Dormancy (allows when a seed will choose to form) Sporophytes produce a single kind of spores. The mature sporophyte produces two kinds of sporangia; female and male which produce different kinds of spores. The pollen grain is the male gametophyte. The female gametophyte is enclosed in protective tissue and is dependent on the sporophyte for nutrition. Megaspore (divide by meiosis there are four haploid created) Female gametophyte (tissue surrounding gametophyte is a source of nutrition) Cycads are the most ancient of the groups where the conifers are the most recently derived. The pollen tube comes from the pollen which allows for the delivery of the sperm. The pollen and tube entrance stage can take 15 months.

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