Plant Kingdom Question 215
Question: In Riccia / Bryophytes [RPMT 1987; CPMT 1994]
Options:
A) Sporophyte is parasitic over gametophyte
B) Gametophyte is parasitic over sporophyte
C) Sporophyte is independent of gametophyte
D) Sporophyte is semiparasite
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
The sporophytic is parasitic over gametophyte.
Thus there is heteromorphic or heterologous alternation of generations in Riccia.
So life cycle in Riccia is diplohaplontic.