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NEET 2011
Exam
NEET
Year
2011
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Plant Kingdom

NEET 2011 · Botany · Plant Kingdom

The gametophyte is not an independent, free living generation in

The gametophyte is not an independent, free living generation in

Options

  1. AAdiantum
  2. BMarchantia
  3. CPinus
  4. DPolytrichum

Correct answer

C. Pinus

Step-by-step solution

Unlike bryophytes and pteridophytes, in gymnosperms (eg, Pinus, Cycas, etc.), the male and female gametophytes do not have an independent free-living existence. They remain within the sporangia retained on the sporophytes.
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