The principle that the most acceptable explanation of an occurrence, phenomenon, or event is the simplest, involving the fewest entities, assumptions, or changes.
Principle of Parsimony
2 gametes go through this process to form into a zygote
Fertilization
This makes up the cell wall of Cyanobacteria
Peptidoglycan
Life cycle of Rhodophyta
Sporic Meiosis
True or False.. mosses are plants
True! they belong to Kingdom Plantae
Shared ancestral traits with all descendants of a common ancestor.
Synapomorphy
chromosome pairs (one from each parent) that are similar in length, gene position, and centromere location.
Homologous chromosomes
How cyanos sexually reproduce
Binary Fission
the structure of a male gametophyte which produces the male gametes in Red Algae
Spermatangial branch
One of the bryophytes has 1 chloroplast per cell, name that characteristic term AND the phylum
monoplastidic
Anthocerophyta
Character shared by a set of species but not present in their common ancestor (convergent evolution)
Homoplasy
In the life cycle, meiosis results in the formation of...
gametes
Cyanelle
tetrasporophytes are formed from
Carpospores
This SPECIFIC moss (can give common name) has gemmae cups
Thallose Liverwort/Hepatophyta
Character trait shared by two or more taxa.
Symplesiomorphy
Anaphase II
Glaucophyta is found in what Kingdom?
Protista
The lifecycle of Chlorophyta
Zygotic Meiosis
Bryophytes are dominated by which phase of the lifecycle?
Gametophyte
A group that share a common ancestor but does not include all decendant groups
Paraphyletic group
The three sources of genetic variability in a sexually reproducing organism.
crossing over, independent assortment, random fertilization
Heterotrophic
Autotrophic
Photoautotrophic
A photosynthetic pigment that Green Algae have that Glaucophyta does not
Chlorophyll b
If you were trying to distinguish between a Leafy Liverwort and a moss, give 1 gametophyte & 1 sporophyte feature that would confirm it is indeed Bryophyta
Costa on the leaf!
capsule is long & pointy and not just a round sphere