Question

When and where does reduction division take place in the life cycle of a liverwort, a moss, a fern, a gymnosperm and an angiosperm?
Ncert solutions for Class 11th Biology Chapter 3 Exercise 2

Answer 1

-->In liverwort reduction division takes place in capsule.
-->In mosses reduction division takes place in capsule.
-->In ferns sporangia is developed in ventral surface of leaf.
-->In gymnosperms reduction division by megaspore MC occurs in nucellus. 
-->In angiosperms meiosis/reduction division in megaspore mother cell takes place within the ovules.

Answer 2

Answer:

In liverwort , Moss and fun the saprophytic plant produces haploid sports after meiosis while in gymnosperm and angiosperm place meiosis takes place in antheridium and ovary for the formation of pollen grains and ovules.