Question

Are Lycophytes sporophyte dominant?

Answer 1

Sporophyte:

1. It is the diploid(2n) multicellular stage in a plant's (algae) life cycle.
2. They undergo meiosis to give rise to haploid cells.

Gametophyte:

1. It is the haploid(n) stage in a plant's life cycle.
2. They fuse to form diploid cells (2n).

Lycophytes:

1. They are a spore-bearing vascular plant subgroup under the Kingdom Plantae.
2. These primitive plants are also known as “fern allies".
3. Examples- Isoetes melanospora (black-spored quillwort), Club mosses, spike mosses, etc.
4. They reproduce by spores and have an alternation of generations in which the sporophyte generation is dominant.