NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyPlant KingdomPractice
In Marchantia, gametophyte starts from spore and ends in
Options
- Azygote
- Bspore
- Ccapsule
- 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 ) .