Alternation of Generations

Gametophyte and Sporophyte

  Thalloid ( Marchantia,
Anthoceros)
 Have leaf like and stem like
structures (Moss)
 Rhizoids
Gametophyte
Haploid,
Dominant
  Antheridia : Male Sex organ
 Sterile jacket
 Androcytes/ fertile cells …..mitosis
 Antherozoids / spermatozoids….ciliated or
Sex organs flagellated
Antheridia
  Has neck, neck canal cells and venter
 Haploid egg is in venter

Sex organs
Archegonia
Fertilization
Fusion of
gametes
 Seta

Sporophyte Foot
Diploid,
Dependent
 Spore
formation