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In Marchantia, gametophyte starts from spore and ends in

Options

  1. Azygote
  2. Bspore
  3. Ccapsule
  4. Dprothallus

Correct answer

A. zygote

Step-by-step solution

Marchantia is a bryophyte and they are non-vascular plants. Its plant body is thalloid. The first cell of the gametophytic generation is a spore that is surrounded by thick, sculptured walls. They germinate into the gametophyte. In gametophyte male and female gametes will be formed and that will be haploid in nature ( n ) . So when the male gamete fuse with the female gamete results in the formation of the zygote ( 2 n ) .

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