Question : Bryophytes need water for fertilization ' - Justify the sta

1.	Question : Bryophytes need water for fertilization ' - Justify the statement.
Answer» Solution :1. Yes. In bryophytes sexual reproduction occurs in GAMETOPHYTE (dominant phase). 2. The antherozoids have flagella and SWIM in a thin FILM of water to REACH the archegonium. 3. They fuse with the egg and from the ZYGOTE which initiates the sporophyte. 4. Thus without water the life cycle of a bryophyte cannot be completed.

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