Origins of Seeds Flashcards
are seed plants a clade
yes
what are two benefits of seeds
- provide the embryo with more protection
- water is now no longer needed to complete fertilization
what does a seed consist of
- embryo
- nutrients
- surrounding protective coat
what are 6 morphological synapomorphies for seed plants
- seeds
- pollen
- all lack antheridia
- all have ovules
- all show heterospory
- reduced gametophytes
what three things are associated with ovules
- megaspores
- megasporangia
- integument(s)
ovules in gymnosperms vs angiosperms
gymnosperms = megaspores are in a strobilus (cone)
Angiosperms = megaspores are in flowers
nutrients for embryos in gymnosperms vs angiosperms
gymnosperm = megagametophyte tissue (haploid)
angiosperm = endosperm (3n)
spores make ____
gametophytes
how do megaspores become eggs
megaspore -> mitosis -> megagametophyte ->egg
what are two key adaptions to life on land
- pollen
- seeds
dominant stage in nonvascular plants
gametophyte
sporophyte in nonvascular plants
reduced and dependent on gametophyte for nutrients
gametophyte in seedless vascular plants
reduced and independent (photosynthetic and free-living)
dominant stage in seedless vascular plants
sporophyte
gametophyte in seed plants
reduced and dependent on surrounding sporophyte tissue for nutrition
dominant stage of seed plants
sporophyte
is gametophyte micro or macroscopic in seed plants
microscopic
is gametophyte micro or macroscopic in seedless vascular plants
macroscopic
is gametophyte micro or macroscopic in nonvascular plants
macroscopic
where do gametophytes remain in seed plants
within the sporangia of parental sporophyte
what is the gametophyte in seed plants dependent on
sporophyte for nutrition