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The Angiosperm Life Cycle
& Angiosperm synapomorphies(Archaefructus, 125 MYBP)
Page 63, Judd & Campbell
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Archaefructus fossil
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Archaefructus Reconstruction
“Archaefructus is an extinct genus of herbaceous aquatic seed plants with 3 known species”
“It lacks sepals and petals and its reproductive organs, interpreted as carpels and stamens, are produced on an elongate stem”
One of the earliest known genera of flowering plants
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Alternation of Generations
In an alternation of generations, “a diploid sporophyte generation gives rise to a haploid gametophyte generation.” -- Raven et al, Biology.
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Moss (not angiosperm) Life Cycle
Sporophyte iscompletely dependent on Gametophyte
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Ptychostomum pseudotriquetrum
Dominant haploid gametophyte generation
Diploid sporophyte completely dependent on gametophyte
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Fern (not angiosperm) Life Cycle
Reduction of gametophyte…Sporophyte now independent of gametophyte.
Gametophyte still persists as free living individual for months to years.
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Athyrium felix-femina
Unlike in mosses, what you see here is the sporophyte generation.
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Angiosperm Life Cyle
Mitosis
Mitosis
Mitosis to form vegetative and generative cells
(pollen)
Diploid microspore and megaspore mother cells
Haploid
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Angiosperm Life CycleNext slide
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Add into this drawing the microsporocyte label, the microspores (n) and mitosis to form pollen.
4 microsporesMitosis
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Alternation of Generations with further reduction in the Gametophyte
Diploid microsporocyte mother cell in Pollen sacs
(there are no gametophytes in this picture…)
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Meiosis
In meiosis, a diploid mother cell produces 4 haploid daughter cells
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Cross Section of Typical Pollen Wall
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Pollen grain (pollen contains the mature male gametophyte)
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3 of 4 Megaspores DegenerateMicrogametophyte= male gametophyte
Megagametophyte= female gametophyte
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Ovule contains the female gametophyte
Develops into testa
Develops into tegmen
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Outer & Inner Integuments
• Become the seed coat• Testa and tegmen are derived from the outer
and inner integuments, respectively.• Presumably these are protective coverings.
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Double Fertilization
Mature female gametophyte consists of 8 nuclei in 7 cells (usually)
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Nutritive Endosperm
Endosperm is triploid nutritive tissue for the developing embryo.
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MitosisIn mitosis, a mother cell of any ploidy count produces 2 daughter cells of the same ploidy count as the mother cell.
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Angiosperm Synapomorphies
• Seeds produced within a carpel with a stigmatic surface for pollen germination
• Reduced female gametophyte– usually 8 cells• Double fertilization• Triploid nutritive tissue called “endosperm”