Dispersal Lab Report

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Dispersal is the process by which spores of a non-flowering plant is spread for germination, fertilization and reproduction. This can either occur by water, animals or wind. Majority of spores are dispersed via wind dispersal due to the size and weight of them. The size of the spores may vary, some are quite large in size and others which are the majority are smaller in size. These spores are referred to as micro and mega spores. The stationary air is more geared to the dispersal of the more smaller spores (micropores), which will also cary them a greater distance then that of the megaspores, due to the size and weight. For the heavier spores (megaspores), they would have to be dispersed via more turbulent winds because they are of a heavier…show more content…
These are moisture loving plants found in the moist, damp, shady places. They have no true roots, stems or leaves(psudoparenchymous). They share some common features with the pteridophytes with respect to the reproductive organs. Their spores lie in a capsule which is on a seta. The mechanism for spore dispersal is also different. The mosses (bryophytes) are not hermaphaditic, they have two structures separate the arhegonia and the antheridia. Female and male structures are distinct. The protonemata can develop into either…show more content…
The sporangium which is in the sorus is protected by a layer of jacket cells and as it matures, the annulus forms on one side and lip cells form on the other. Inside is the tapetum which nourishes the fertile tissue inside that consists of sporocyte cells which are diploid while undergoing meiotic division as they mature. The cytoplasm of the chromosome undergoes cleavage creating a tetrad. Subsiquent to this, the tapetum begins to disintegrate which causes a deposit of sporopollenin which is a protective coat. This is now considered a
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