their tiny gametophytes can develop from spores retained within the sporangia of the parental sporophyte. this arrangement protects the delicate female (egg-containing) gametophytes from environmental stresses
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D. megaspores for PF students.Increased cross fertilization and great dispersal of the next generation are the advantages of multicellular pollen and seeds.
Spores are the way ferns and moss spread longer distances. Spores are single-celled and vulnerable .so dispersal is limited. Being tied to water, as moss & ferns are with flagellated gametes, makes self-fertilization more common so genetic recombination is at a low rate.
Gymnosperm and angiosperm plants -keep the spore- until it matures as the entire male gametophyte or pollen. This groups them as Spermatophytes with multicellular pollen rather than single celled spores. Essentially the gametophyte phase is reduced to the brief period of reproduction. Male cones or male flower parts release the miniature gametophyte as the grain of pollen. Female cones or flower parts grow the female gametophyte in an ovule. In cones the ovule is sheltered by the cone's scale but is not enclosed. In flowers the ovule is inside an ovary.
Spermatophytes have no flagellated gametes to restrict these plants to water for reproduction. With the mature, miniature, male gametophyte arriving as pollen the sperm nuclei are delivered to the egg nuclei to form a zygote. This allows -much- more recombination of genetic material with the mobility of pollen. Then the seed is the juvenile sporophyte that is also mobile & capable of dispersal.
These plants are much less vulnerable to reproductive losses while ensuring cross-fertilization and dispersing to new locations.
gametophyte: The gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations sporophyte: The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
Yes moss plant is predominantly gametophyte. it bears sporophytic capsule at a later stage of its growth and is photogenic.
The gametophyte produces gametes.
Basically, plants have two stages in their life cycle, they can appear as a gametophyte or a sporophyte.
Dominant
The gametophyte stage.
yes it does
gametophyte
yes
Gametophyte
gametophyte
The gametophyte stage.
Gymnosperms
Two different forms a plant can have.
The suffix "-phyte" in gametophyte refers to a plant or organism that produces gametes, such as eggs or sperm. In the case of gametophyte, it specifically refers to the stage in the plant life cycle where gametes are produced.
gametophyte: The gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations sporophyte: The spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
a haploid gametophyte and pollen