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Are mosses oogamous?


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Oogamous:

  1. It is a type of sexual reproduction where a large immobile female gamete fuses with a small motile male gamete.
  2. This is seen in almost all land plants and animals.
  3. Examples- Volvox (green algae). Fucus (brown algae), etc.

Moss

  1. These are non-vascular and small plants that exist as green mats or clumps in shady and damp locations.
  2. It belongs to Bryophyta.
  3. If follows an oogamous type of sexual reproduction.

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