Three animations of increasing complexity are available on a VHS video tape or DVD covering the reproductive life cycle of a typical moss:. All mosses (indeed, all plants) have what is known as an ‘alternation of generations’

The large, familiar ‘moss’ is a haploid gamete-producing plant (gametophyte). Although we refer to stem and leaf in most mosses (and liverworts), they are not considered to be equivalent to organs of the same name in other plants because conducting (vascular) tissue is absent

The leaves are very simple and are usually one cell in thickness. However, there are some mosses that do have complex leaves and a primitive form of conducting tissue.

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Embryonic development is seen only in the diploid generation. The embryo, however, is produced by the fusion of gametes, which are formed only by the haploid generation

Unlike animals(see Chapter 2), plants have multicellular haploid and multicellular diploid stages in their life cycle. Gametes develop in the multicellular haploid gametophyte (from the Greek phyton, “plant”)

increasingly independent of liquid water by various. alternate between a haploid phase (the gametophyte)

The haploid phase is dominant in simpler plants; the. Higher plants produce seeds (a life stage adapted to

contrast to higher plants, the sporophyte of mosses. most conspicuous phase of mosses is the gametophyte

A moss is a flowerless, spore-producing plant – with the spores produced in small capsules. The introductory WHAT IS A BRYOPHYTE? page noted that bryophytes have a gametophyte stage and a sporophyte stage

You will commonly see the statement that a moss gametophyte consists of leaves on stems. That statement is so close to the whole truth that it’s no surprise it’s so commonly used.

This is a filamentous to sheet-like growth form, often with a strong resemblance to an algal colony or a fern prothallus. In due course one or more stems grow from the protonema and leaves develop on the stems, giving rise to one or more leafy-stemmed plants

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Embryonic development is seen only in the diploid generation. The embryo, however, is produced by the fusion of gametes, which are formed only by the haploid generation

Unlike animals(see Chapter 2), plants have multicellular haploid and multicellular diploid stages in their life cycle. Gametes develop in the multicellular haploid gametophyte (from the Greek phyton, “plant”)

Moss are small, non-vascular flowerless plant species found growing in shady and damp areas. These plant species lack vascular tissues and do not produce flowers and seeds; instead, they reproduce through spores.

Mosses are the largest group of Bryophyta with around 1400 species. Funaria, Polytrichum, Sphagnum and Hypnum are examples of mosses.

The female and male gametophyte produce haploid gametes, which fuse to form a zygote and give rise to the diploid sporophyte. The diploid sporophyte then produces haploid spores, germinating to the haploid gametophyte.

increasingly independent of liquid water by various. alternate between a haploid phase (the gametophyte)

The haploid phase is dominant in simpler plants; the. Higher plants produce seeds (a life stage adapted to

contrast to higher plants, the sporophyte of mosses. most conspicuous phase of mosses is the gametophyte

Types of sexual life cycles: diploid-dominant, haploid-dominant, and alternation of generations.. Do you ever wish you could clone yourself (for example, so you could get twice as much done in a day)? Because you’re a human being, you can’t just divide in two to make an extra you

Some starfish can make more genetically identical starfish simply by breaking off an arm, which will then regrow into a complete animal. Similarly, some cacti can clone themselves by dropping fragments of their branches, which take root and develop into new, genetically identical cacti.

In contrast, many plants, animals, and fungi produce offspring through sexual reproduction.. In sexual reproduction, sex cells (gametes) from two parents combine in the process of fertilization, leading to the formation of a new, genetically distinct individual

– Describe the major characteristics of the plant kingdom. – Describe the adaptations that allowed plants to colonize land

Mosses, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants are all members of the plant kingdom. The plant kingdom contains mostly photosynthetic organisms; a few parasitic forms have lost the ability to photosynthesize

Most plants reproduce sexually, but they also have diverse methods of asexual reproduction. Plants exhibit indeterminate growth, meaning they do not have a final body form, but continue to grow body mass until they die.

– Understand how meiosis starts with one diploid cell and results in four haploid cells.. – Know how meiosis produces gametes that are genetically diverse.

As seen earlier, there are two broad categories of plant propagation: sexual and asexual. When new plants are produced from existing plant parts, like pieces of leaf, stem, or root, reproduction is asexual and the only type of cell division that has taken place is mitosis, where one diploid cell produces two identical diploid cells.

Plants that practice sexual reproduction use mitotic cell division when increasing the diploid vegetative parts of the plant like stem, leaf, and root, but use meiotic cell division to initiate the haploid stage of the plant that ultimately results in production of egg and sperm cells central to sexual reproduction. Instead of two diploid cells from one diploid cell (the outcome of mitosis), the outcome of meiosis is four haploid cells from one diploid cell.

These plants, along with the liverworts (Hepatophyta) and hornworts (Anthocerophyta), lack well-developed vascular systems. They lack a distinctive kind of fluid-conducting cell—the tracheid—and are referred to collectively as nonvascular land plants.

A diploid generation, called the sporophyte, follows a haploid generation, called the gametophyte, which is in turn followed by the next sporophyte generation.. A moss, like all other plants, undergoes a complex life cycle in which the generations alternate between haploid and diploid forms

Gametes form within specialized sex organs, called gametangia. The haploid gametophyte produces these haploid sperm by mitosis.

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following:. – Describe the distinguishing traits of liverworts, hornworts, and mosses

Bryophytes are the closest extant relatives of early terrestrial plants. The first bryophytes (liverworts) most likely appeared in the Ordovician period, about 450 million years ago

Some spores protected by sporopollenin have survived and are attributed to early bryophytes. By the Silurian period (435 MYA), however, vascular plants had spread through the continents