Which of the following statement is not true for bryophytes?

They undergo meiosis to produce sporophyte

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They lack tracheids and sieve tubes

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They are photosynthetic

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Their spore germinates to produce gametophyte

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Solution

The correct option is A They undergo meiosis to produce sporophyte
In bryophytes, the fusion of gametes produces a diploid zygote which divides by mitosis to produce sporophyte.

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