Question

When does meiosis occur in Ferns?

Answer 1

Meiosis in Ferns:

1. It is a type of reductional division in which the chromosomes gets reduces to half of that of parents.
2. Spores are called as the most conspicuous in non-seed-bearing plants, including liverworts, hornworts, mosses, and ferns.
3. In such lower plants, as in fungi, spores function much like seeds.
4. In general, parent plant sheds the spores locally; spore-generating organs are also frequently located on the undersides of leaves.
5. In mosses, after fertilization, zygote develop into a sporophyte consisting of a foot, seta & capsule.
6. The sporophyte in the mosses is more elaborate than that in liverworts.
7. The capsule contain spores.
8. Spores are also formed after meiosis and develop into a new gametophyte.