Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Organismal Biology
Test 2
7
Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/13/2008

Additional Biology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Gymnosperms
Definition

4 phyla

naked seeds; no fruit

gametophyte generation

no flagellated sperm

heterospory

seeds could devlope because of heterospory

seperate male and female gametophyte life cycles 

Term
Female Gametophyte of a Gymnosperm
Definition
  • very little
  • never leaves sporophyte
  • meiospore is retained
  • archegonium is produced
  • egg - embryo surrounded by gametophyte and sporophyte tissue 
Term
Male Gametophyte of a Gymnosperm
Definition

gametophyte disperseres

sperm produced after pollition

(no h20 required for gamete dispersal) 

Term
Seed
Definition

"baby in a lunch box"

baby - embryo - 2n (young sporophyte)

lunch - n - gametophyte (endosperm)

box - seed coat - 2n - previous sporophyte 

Term
Phylum Coniferophyta
Definition
  • economic implications
    • pulp paper
    • lumber
    • christmas trees - evergreen
    • tallest - redwood
    • biggest - gian sequoia
    • oldest - bristle cone pine
      • pacific yew - taxol (drug)
      • pines - pinus spp.
Term
Longleaf Pine ( Pinus Palatris)
Definition
  • phylum coniferophyta
  • pine needles
    • h20 conserving
    • burnable
  • cones - 2 kinds - male and female
  • monoecious
Supporting users have an ad free experience!