Read the following five statement(A) In Equisetum the female gametophy...
Statement (A) and (B) are correct Riccia is liverwort in which simplest sporophyte consists of capsule only while Polytrichum is moss in which sporophyte consists of foot seta & capsule. Volvox is a fresh water green colonial alga. Reproduction is both sexual and asexual. Sexual reproduction is oogamous. Slime molds are consumer decomposer protists. They possess characters of plants (cellulosic cell wall), animals (phagotrophic nutrition) and fungi (spores)
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Read the following five statement(A) In Equisetum the female gametophy...
Correct answer: Two
Explanation:
(A) In Equisetum the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte: This statement is true. The female gametophyte in Equisetum is retained on the parent sporophyte.
(B) In Ginkgo male gametophyte is not independent: This statement is true. The male gametophyte in Ginkgo is not independent and remains attached to the parent sporophyte.
(C) The sporophyte in Riccia is more developed than that in Polytrichum: This statement is false. The sporophyte in Polytrichum is more developed than that in Riccia.
(D) Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous: This statement is true. Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous, meaning the gametes are similar in size and morphology.
(E) The spores of slime molds lack cell walls: This statement is false. The spores of slime molds have thick cell walls.
Therefore, only statements (A) and (B) are correct, making the answer (a) Two.
Read the following five statement(A) In Equisetum the female gametophy...
Only one statement is correct. In Equisetum, the female gametophyte is not retained on the parent sporophyte because it is homosporous.
Gingko is a gymnosperm , male gametophyte is not independent.