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Grade 12th pass9 grade science

While studying a plant, you discover that it has chlorophyll, no xylem. Its multicellular sex organs are enclosed in a layer of jacket cells. Its gametophyte Stage is free living. The plant probability belongs to ____.

Profile image of Harshit Singh
4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Jayesh Vashishtha
4 Years ago
Dear student,
 
The life cycle of higher plants is dominated by the sporophyte stage, with the gametophyte borne on the sporophyte. 
In ferns, the gametophyte is free-living and very distinct in structure from the diploid sporophyte. 
Pteridophytes also have their multicellular sex organs covered in the multicellular jacket layer.
So the correct answer is 'Pteridophyte'
 
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