Question

Sporophyte in Nephrolepis is .............. and the spores are...............

• A. Diploid, haploid
• B. Haploid, haploid
• C. Haploid, diploid
• D. Diploid, diploid

Answer 1

The correct option is A Diploid, haploid

Sporophyte in Nephrolepis is diploid and the spores are haploid. The sporophyte, is the most conspicuous phase, and is so-named because this is the stage, that produces the spores; it is the sporophyte, that most of us refer to when we describe or name a fern. Spores are haploid, as it is synthesized by meiosis.

Hence the correct option is A.