NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyPlant KingdomPractice
The correct description of the sporophyte of Marchantia and gametophyte of a fern is
Options
- AFormer is haploid while latter is diploid
- BBoth do not have vascular tissue
- CBoth are free living structures
- DBoth represent the dominant generation in their respective life cycle
Correct answer
B. Both do not have vascular tissue
Step-by-step solution
Bryophyta was the first land plant and both gametophyte and sporophyte in them do not have vascular tissue. Pteridophytes, on the other hand, were the first successful land plants with vascular tissue but in the gametophytes of pteridophytes, the vascular tissue is not present.