Question

Q)Write briefly the role of heterospory in the evolution of seed habitat with special reference to a heterosporous pteridophyte that you have studied.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Heterospory Advanced to the Seed Habitat in Land Plants:

One of the most important advantages of heterospory is the formation of seed habitat. In homosporous plants, the male and female gametes are formed in the same prothallus. Thus the chance of fertilizing an egg with the sperm of the same prothallus is very high.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Heterospory and Seed Habitat. (Origin of Seeds and Seed Habitat in Vascular Plants from Heterospory) Heterospory is the production of two or more types of spores. Heterospory is a condition of the production of more than one type (usually two) of spores in a single plant.