Which of these characteristics is NOT associated with the evolution of heterospory in pteridophytes?
Reduction in the number of megaspores
Increased protection of the female gametophyte
Development of endosporic gametophytes
Increased dependence on water for fertilization
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In which of the following pteridophyte pairs do both members exhibit heterospory?
Selaginella and Salvinia
Equisetum and Psilotum
Dryopteris and Adiantum
Lycopodium and Selaginella
The development of the sporophyte without fertilization from the gametophytic tissue in some pteridophytes like Dryopteris is known as:
Apospory
Parthenogenesis
Apomixis
Apogamy
In the life cycle of mosses, the spore directly develops into a branched, filamentous structure called:
Prothallus
Protonema
Sporangium
Antheridium
Which structure represents the first stage of the gametophyte generation in the moss life cycle, developing directly from a germinated spore?
Protonema
Capsule
Sporophyte
Gametophore
What is the immediate product of spore germination in the moss life cycle?
Capsule
Protonema
Sporophyte
Rhizoid
Which among the following sets of pteridophytes are characterized by the production of two distinct spore types?
Salvinia and Selaginella
Psilotum and Equisetum
Adiantum and Pteris
Lycopodium and Dryopteris
The suspensor in Selaginella plays a crucial role in:
Anchoring the gametophyte to the substrate
Protecting the developing sporophyte
Facilitating spore dispersal
Pushing the developing embryo into the nutritive tissue of the female gametophyte
In heterosporous pteridophytes, the development of the male gametophyte predominantly occurs:
Within the megaspore wall
Outside the spore wall
Partially inside and outside the spore wall
Within the microspore wall
In pteridophytes spore germinate to give rise to
Thalloid gametophytes called prothallus
Thalloid sporophytes called prothallus
Thalloid sporocarp
Thalloid, photosynthesis sporophyte
Which unique characteristic distinguishes the Selaginella stem anatomy from other pteridophytes?
Siphonostele
Protostele
Presence of trabeculae
Dictyostele