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Read the following five statements (A-E)...

Read the following five statements (A-E) and answer as asked next to them
(A) In Equisetum the female gametophyte is retained on the parent sporophyte
(B) In ginkgo male gametophyte is not independent
(C) Sexual reproduction in Volvox is isogamous
(E) The spores of slime moulds lack cell walls
How many of the above statements are correct

A

Three

B

Four

C

One

D

T'AO

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(i) True, In liverworts and mosses the dominant generation is gametophyte in ferns the gametophyte although not the dominant generation it is free living, autotrophic. (ii) True, Gymnosperms a re heterosporou s and some ferns ( e., g- selaginella&salvinia) are also heterosporous. (iii) True, Fucus (Brown alg( l) and Volvox (green alga) are both oogamous algae. Albugo is a fungus belonging to Oomycetes/ Phycomycetes which too shows oogamy. (iv) False, Actually the sporo- phyte of Mosses js more elaborate than of Liverworts. (v) False, Cycas is Dioecious and Pinus is Monoecious
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