BIOB10H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 25: Rhizome, Lycopodiophyta, Marchantiophyta

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Single-celled zygote is the only diploid stage-> haploid spores. Green algae probably evolved into today"s plants-> charophytes. Haploid-> gametophyte: gamete- producing plant; nourish + protect sporophyte"s next generation. When the spore germinates, divides by mitosis-> gametophyte. Alternation of generation: different life cycle than animals. Meiosis gives rise to spores: plants" gametes; asexual reproduction. Cyanobacteria were the first to adapt to land; green algae + fungi followed after. Earliest land plants lacked a cuticle: outer waxy layer preventing water loss. Other bacteria had colonized the land before plants began to. Problems for plants to grow taller + upright. Xylem is a kind of vascular plant: conducts sugars through the plant body. Apical meristem: constantly dividing shoots + roots producing tissue of plant body; in vascular plants. Nonvascular plants are not differentiated into roots + stems. Roots: anchoring structures that absorb water + nutrients. Restricted the plants to remain in moist habitats.

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