5. Describe and illustrate all of the following life cycles: mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.

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5. Describe and illustrate all of the following life cycles:mosses, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.

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Mosses belong to Bryophytes and in bryophytes gametophyte is dominant and sporophyte depends on gametophyte In mosses two types of spores are formed on male and female gametophytes Antheridia are male reproductive structures developed on male gametophytes Archegonia are female reproductive structures formed on female gametophytes The sperm and eggs are formed by mitosis in both male and female gametophytes Fertilization results in formation of embryo and embryo develops into saporophyte within    See Answer
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