BIOL 1011 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Ploidy, Zygote, Xylem
BIOL 1011
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Main Groups of Land Plants and their Reproduction
January 8th, 2015
Features of All Land Plants:
• Cuticles
• Sporopollenin
• Multicellular sex organs
• Embryophyte condition
• Alternation of generations
o Arose independently in evolution several times
o Consistent in all land plants
o Alternates between gametophyte (haploid/ 1n) and sporophyte
(diploid/2n)
Origin of Alternate Generations:
Zygote delays meiosis and instead it divides and grows. This results in a
multicellular diploid.
*There are 10 divisions (phyla) of land plants.
4 Major Groups include:
• Mosses
• Ferns
• Conifers
• Angiosperms
Land Plant Life Cycle:
Mosses – Bryophyta Division
• ~15,000 species
• Low growing
• Confined to damp areas
o Swimming sperm
o No true vascular tissue
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• No true leaves
• Gametophyte dominant
• Homosporous (1 spore size)
Moss Life Cycle:
Land Plant Evolution:
VASCULAR
PLANTS
HORNWORTSMOSSESLIVER-
WORTS
CHARO-
PHYTA
NONVASCULAR PLANTS
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Document Summary
Main groups of land plants and their reproduction. Features of all land plants: cuticles, sporopollenin, multicellular sex organs, embryophyte condition, alternation of generations, arose independently in evolution several times, consistent in all land plants, alternates between gametophyte (haploid/ 1n) and sporophyte (diploid/2n) Zygote delays meiosis and instead it divides and grows. *there are 10 divisions (phyla) of land plants. 4 major groups include: mosses, ferns, conifers, angiosperms. Mosses bryophyta division: ~15,000 species, low growing, confined to damp areas, swimming sperm, no true vascular tissue, no true leaves, gametophyte dominant, homosporous (1 spore size) Ferns pterophyta division: ~20,000 species (most tropical, appeared ~400 million years ago, contains vascular tissue and swimming sperm, sporophyte dominant, homosporous or heterosporous. Spores: 1 size or 2: homospory one size of spores from meiosis, heterospory two sizes of spores from meiosis, mosses(cid:9, most(cid:9) ferns(cid:9, some(cid:9) ferns(cid:9, all(cid:9)seed(cid:9) plants(cid:9) 5 divisions (phyla) of seed plants: cycadophyta, ginkgophyta, coniferophyta*, gnetophyta, anthophyta**