Draw Sketch the life cycle of Chara-like algae, with zygotic meiosis, apical growth, and a three-
dimensional growth architecture (you don't need to draw 3D, bear in mind that the plant is
growing in 3D). Sketch the life cycle of a bryophyte with sporic meiosis, apical growth, and a 3D
growth architecture.
Background Info: The colonization of land by plants represents one of the major changes in the
earth's biota. Land plants now dominate most terrestrial ecosystems and influence the climate,
weathering of soils, and the earth's major biogeochemical cycles (water, carbon, nitrogen). The
aquatic ancestors of land plants probably had a life cycle and morphological structure similar to
Charaphyte algae. The first land plants, in contrast, probably had a life cycle and morphological
structure similar to a bryophyte (moss, liverwort, or hornwort)..
Draw Sketch the life cycle of Chara-like algae, with zygotic meiosis.pdf
1. Draw Sketch the life cycle of Chara-like algae, with zygotic meiosis, apical growth, and a three-
dimensional growth architecture (you don't need to draw 3D, bear in mind that the plant is
growing in 3D). Sketch the life cycle of a bryophyte with sporic meiosis, apical growth, and a 3D
growth architecture.
Background Info: The colonization of land by plants represents one of the major changes in the
earth's biota. Land plants now dominate most terrestrial ecosystems and influence the climate,
weathering of soils, and the earth's major biogeochemical cycles (water, carbon, nitrogen). The
aquatic ancestors of land plants probably had a life cycle and morphological structure similar to
Charaphyte algae. The first land plants, in contrast, probably had a life cycle and morphological
structure similar to a bryophyte (moss, liverwort, or hornwort).
