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Sex organs in Funaria develop:


A

Outside capsule

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In protonema

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C

At the tip of gametophores

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D

In the axil of the leaf

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Solution

The correct option is C

At the tip of gametophores


The correct option is option C.

Explanation for correct option:

  1. In Funaria sexual reproduction is oogamous.
  2. The sex organs are borne at the tip of the gametophores in clusters.
  3. The male reproductive part is called the antheridium and the female reproductive part is called the archegonium.
  4. The principal shoot of the plant bears the male reproductive part and the lateral branches bears the female reproductive part.

Explanation for incorrect options:

Option A:

The terminal part of the sporophyte bears the capsule.

Option B:

It is a thread-like chain of cells that later develops into gametophores.

Option D:

  1. Leaves are sessile, oblong-ovate in shape, and have a pointed apex.
  2. They have a spiral arrangement on the branches of the stem.

Final answer: In Funaria sex organs develop at the tip of gametophores.


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