BIOLOGY 1404 STUDY GUIDE
UNIT TWENTY-NINE
| HETEROSPORY (vs. homospory)
1. What is meant by heterospory (see Glossary p. 592). What would "homospory" mean? 2. Draw the generic Alternation of Generations life cycle with two kinds of spores, as discussed in class. For seed plants (Gymnosperms and Angiosperms), where does a seed fit into this life cycle? 3. Is it appropriate to call one generation the "male" generation and the other generation the "female" generation? Why or why not? 4. Are the following Bryophytes homosporous or heterosporous? - the Liverwort Marchantia (p. 377) - a moss plant (p. 381) 5. Are the following Vascular Seedless Plants homosporous or heterosporous? - the "whisk fern" Psilotum (p. 388) - the "ground pine" Lycopodium (p. 391) - the "spike moss" Selaginella (p. 392) - the "quillwort" Isoetes (p. 393) - the "horsetail" Equisetum (p. 396) - a fern (p. 400) 6. Are Gymnosperms homosporous or heterosporous (p. 415)? 7. Are Angiosperms homosporous or heterosporous (pp. 432-433)? 8. Based on #4 - 7, complete the following chart:
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