Zygotic meiosis is characteristic of

Options

A. Marchantia
B. Fucus
C. Funaria
D. Chlamydomonas

Answer

D

Explanation

Zygotic meiosis is represented in the Chaplontic life cycle of many algae including Chlamydononas. In such a life cycle, all cells are haploid except zygote. This is because melosis occurs in the zygote itself resulting into four haploid cells that give rise to haploid plants.

Thinking Process All algae except Fucus, Ectocarpus, Dictyota and a few other, show haplontic life cycle or zygotic meiosis, Bryophytes and pteridophytes show haplodiplontic life cycle and undergo sporic meiosis.