HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOLOGY
Question
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Archegonium
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Antheridium
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -archegonium, the female reproductive organ in ferns and mosses. An archegonium also occurs in some gymnosperms, e.g., cycads and conifers. A flask-shaped structure, it consists of a neck, with one or more layers of cells, and a swollen base-the venter-which contains the egg.
Detailed explanation-2: -The eggs are produced in tiny, typically somewhat flask-like structures called archegonia. Each archegonium holds one egg (in a swollen section called the venter) and the sperm enter through the channel in the narrower, tubular section (or neck).
Detailed explanation-3: -The female sex organ is usually a flask-shaped structure called the archegonium. The archegonium contains a single egg enclosed in a swollen lower portion that is more than one cell thick. The neck of the archegonium is a single cell layer thick and sheathes a single thread of cells that forms the neck canal.
Detailed explanation-4: -Archegonia in contrast produce a single egg cell located within a chamber known as the venter. A canal to the outside forms within the neck of the venter and breakdown products of cells that degenerate to form this canal generate a signal that serves as a chemoattractant to the sperm cells.