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diploid structure protecting seed

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all land plants share

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multicellular embryos, alteration of generation, apical meristem, multicellular gametangia

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integument

diploid structure protecting seed

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all land plants share

multicellular embryos, alteration of generation, apical meristem, multicellular gametangia

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ferns & onward….

have vascular system and sporophyte dominant

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Key adaptions of gymnosperm & angiosperms

reduced gametophyte stage, heterospory, ovules, pollen

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The gametophyte stage of the plant life cycle is most conspicuous in __.

mosses

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What trait is unique to land plants?

walled spores produced in sporangia

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Embryophytes are _.

land plants

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What is the evolutionary significance of megaphylls?

They increase the surface area for photosynthesis

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What characteristic of Sphagnum peatlands is responsible for their ability to inhibit decomposition?

low temp, low oxygen, low pH, phenolic compounds produced by sphagnum

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A major division in plant systematics is based on whether a particular species has __.

vascular tissue

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What structures allow plants to readily take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

stomata

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Water is brought into mosses primarily by __.

diffusion

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Phloem

transports sugars, amino acids, and other organic products from the leaves to the roots

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Antheridia produces

sperm

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How are gametes produced by bryophytes?

mitosis of gametophytes

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Fern gametophytes are ___.

free living, multicellular organisms

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Sori can be found in .

Pterophytes (includes ferns)

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Cuticle

prevents plants from drying out and protects them from microbes

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In what way do megasporangia differ from microsporangia?

megasporangia lead to female gametophytes, microsporangia lead to male gametophytes

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Typically, the upper part of a bryophyte capsule that contains the spores features a ring of interlocking, tooth-like structures known as the __.

peristome

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To examine meiosis in ferns, you would study __.

the sporangia

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What is advantage is conferred to algae and plants that possess sporopollenin?

Reproductive cells are more resistant to desiccation

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Evidence suggests that land plants arose from within which protist lineage?

charophytes

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In moving to land, plants had to overcome which of the following challenges?

desiccation

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During what period did seedless vascular plants form extensive forests of tall trees?

carboniferous

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Where would you find a fern gametophyte?

moist soil

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Alternation of generations in all land plants is between __.

multicellular haploid organism and multicellular diploid organism

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In sporophyte ferns, the leaves are __.

megaphylls

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In moving to land, plants had to overcome what challenge?

desiccation

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What is the key difference between alternation of generations in plants and sexual reproduction in nonplant organisms?

In plants, the haploid and diploid stages are both multicellular

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Fungi

heterotrophs that acquire nutrients by absorption

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Haustoria

specialized hyphae of both mutualistic and parasitic fungi

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hyphae

thin multicellular filaments

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septa

cross-walls that divide cells

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chitin

a structure made of amino sugar monomers that protect fungal cells from bursting due to water pressure

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Coenocytic fungus

a fungus that lacks septa and is made up of continuous cytoplasmic mass

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mycelia

networks of branched hyphae adapted for absorption

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Multicellular fungi are nonmobile but can grow into new territory by _.

dispersing haploid cells (spores)

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Mycorrhizal fungi

fungi that form mycorrhizae

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Arbuscles

specialized branching hyphae that exchange nutrients with living plant cells

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

symbiotic fungus whose hyphae grow through the cell wall of plant roots and extend into the root cell

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Ectomycorrhizal fungi

symbiotic fungus that forms sheaths of hyphae over the surface of plant roots and also grows into extracellular spaces of the root cortex

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Plasmogamy

fusion of cytoplasm of cells

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Karyogamy

fusion of nuclei

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Deuteromycetes

fungi with no known sexual stage

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Suggested fungal ancestor

nucleariid

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Lichens

highly integrated symbiotic associations of fungi and algae or cyanobacteria

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What's a major feature of glomeromycetes?

arbuscles

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traits facilitating life on land

reproductive structures, structures to anchor plants to soil, photosynthetic branches

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apical meristem

regions at the tip and root that undergo rapid cell division

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Why a vascular system?

diffusion has its limits and the thicker the plant, the harder it is for the plant to diffuse to the cells

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Xylem

transports water and minerals from the root to the leaves

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sporophylls

modified leaves that bear sporangia

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basal taxon

outgroup; a taxon whose evolutionary lineage diverged early in the history of a group

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cladistics

build trees based on ancestral and derived characters; most used approach to systematics

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clades

a group of species that includes an ancestral species and all of its descendants

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maximum parsimony

the simplest explanation is the most likely explanation

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Horizontal Gene Transfer

the transfer of genes from one genome to another through mechanisms such as transposable elements, plasmid exchange, viral activity, and perhaps fusions of different organisms

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monophyletic

includes one branch point and all its descendant

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polyphyletic

includes descendants from more than one ancestor

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paraphyletic

includes one ancestor and some but not all its descendants