HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOLOGY
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Question
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When environmental conditions are unfavorable, why is it an advantage for green algae to reproduce sexually?
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They are multicellular when conditions are unfavorable, which favors sexual reproduction.
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Sexual reproduction produces multicellular algae instead of unicellular algae. Multicellular algae are better able to survive harsh conditions.
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Sexual reproduction produces larger numbers of offspring in less time.
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Sexual reproduction produces offspring that have greater genetic variety and durable zygotes that can help green algae species survive unfavorable conditions.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is not a reason green algae are classified as plants? They are single-celled organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -The green algae are basically divided into Charophyte and Chlorophyte algae, and it is agreed that the Charophyte algae are the closest algal relatives of land plants. Analyses of both morphological and molecular data have established that land plants evolved within Charophyte algae more than 450 million years ago.
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