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Pteridophytes

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The gametophyte of pteridophytes is

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inconspicuous

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small

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mostly photosynthetic

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all of the above

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Solution

The correct option is D all of the above
In pteridophytes, the spores are produced by the sporophytic plant body by meiosis. The spores germinate to form an inconspicuous, small, multicellular, free-living, mostly photosynthetic thalloid gametophyte called as prothallus.

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