Plant Kingdom Question 215
In Riccia / Hepaticophytes [RPMT 1987; CPMT 1994]
Options:
A) Sporophyte is dependent on gametophyte
B) Gametophyte is dependent on sporophyte
C) Sporophyte is independent of gametophyte
D) Sporophyte is not a semiparasite
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
The sporophyte is parasitic on the gametophyte.
Thus there is heteromorphic alternation of generations in Riccia.
So life cycle in Riccia is haplohaplontic.
BETA
