BIS 2C Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Heterospory, Selaginella, Sporophyte

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Seed plants have a vascular system, roots, secondary growth, and make seeds. Gametophyte is retained on and nourished by the sporophyte. Seed plants contain: gymnosperms (naked seeds) and angiosperms (covered seeds) One trend in evolution of plants is the reduction of the gametophyte generation. Ex: for moss, sporophyte is completely dependent on gametophyte; for ferns, gametophyte is nutritionally independent and free-living; then for. Angiosperms, gametophyte is completely dependent (and even retained inside) on the sporophyte. Sporophyte (2n) meiosis produce one type of spore (n) mitosis. Spore becomes gametophyte (n) undergoes mitosis and creates antheridium (sperm (n)) and archegonium (egg (n)) fertilization zygote (2n) Sporophyte (2n) meiosis creates megaspore (n) and microspore (n) Megaspore becomes megagametophyte and microspore becomes microgametophyte megagametophyte produces eggs (n) and microgametophyte produces sperms (n) fertilization zygote (2n) mitosis. Clicker question: heterospory is only found in seed plants (false, selaginella has it) Seeds contain embryos which germinate under favorable conditions.

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