Lecture 3

Question 1

how does the AOG differ from the animal life cycle?

Answer 1

sexual reproduction in animals, in which both haploid and diploid cells are found in every generation

Question 2

How does the AOG differ from the life cycle of the common ancestor to land plants + charophytes?

Answer 2

in the ancestor….
- The zygote was transitory and underwent immediate meiosis
- The only diploid was the unicellular zygote
- There was no multicellular diploid