Ap Bio 1982 Essay

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AP Bio 1982: Brendan Ramos In the life cycle of a fern and a flowering plant, compare and contrast each of the following: A. The gametophyte generation B. Sperm transport and fertilization C. Embryo protection A. Small multicellular male and female gametophytes are produced within the flower of the sporophyte in flowering plants. The gameteophyte of a fern consists of a free-living distinct plant called the prothallus on which structures called archegonia and antheridia produce eggs and sperm respectively. Gametes are produced by both these gametophytes. A. GAMETOPHYTE GENERATION I. FERN * Haploid * Reduced in comparison to sporophyte * Characterized as a heart-shaped prothallus * Eggs formed in archegonia * Sperm formed in antheridia * Details of archegonial structure * Details of antheridial structure * Gametophyte is photosynthetic; has rhizoids for anchoring and water absorption II. FLOWERING PLANT * Male (micro)gametophyte (or pollen grain is immature microgametophyte) * Female (mega)gametophyte or embryo sac * Structure of microgametophyte normally two cells, a tube and a generative cell (sometimes identified as a tube cell and two sperm nuclei) * Structure of megagametophyte is 7 cells with 8 nuclei * Both gametophytes nutritionally dependent on the sporophyte * Haploid * Gametophyte develops usually from one type of spore in ferns (homospory), * While in the flowering plnats each gametophyte develops from a different type

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