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NEET 2017
Exam
NEET
Year
2017
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant Kingdom

NEET 2017 · Botany · Plant Kingdom

Life cycle of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are:

Life cycle of Ectocarpus and Fucus respectively are:

Options

  1. AHaplontic, Diplontic
  2. BDiplontic, Haplodiplontic
  3. CHaplodiplontic, Diplontic
  4. DHaplodiplontic, Haplontic

Correct answer

C. Haplodiplontic, Diplontic

Step-by-step solution

Both Ectocarpus and Fucus belong to filamentous brown algae, which are found in the intertidal zones of rocky seashores almost throughout the world. Most algal genera are haplontic, some of them such as Ectocarpus, Polysiphonia, kelps are haplodiplontic, while Fucus is diplontic.
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