What is Alternation of Generation ? Describe it with the reference of Marchantia with necessary diagrams .
What are the differences between bryophytes and algae?
What are the differences between bryophytes and algae?
The differences between bryophytes and algae:
| SN | Bryophytes | Algae |
| 1. | They are terrestrial plants. | They are usually aquatic. |
| 2. | They are multicellular plants. | They are both unicellular and multicellular. |
| 3. | Tissue differentiation is common. | Tissue differentiation is absent. |
| 4. | Sexual reproduction is oogamous. | Sexual reproduction is isogamous, anisogamous or oogamous. |
| 5. | Sex organs are multicellular and covered by a sterile jacket layer. | Sex organs are usually unicellular and non-jacketed. |
| 6. | The female sex organs are archegonia. | The female sex organs are oogania. |
| 7. | Embryo is always produced from zygote. | Embryo is never produced from zygote |
| 8. | Alternation of generation is heteromorphic. | Alternation of generation is homologous. |
| | Examples: Marchantia, Funaria | Examples: Spirogyra, Clamydomonas |
