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Sequence No.
BIO-81
A moss plant produces a large number of antherozoids but relatively only a few egg cells. Why?
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Why do moss plants produce very large number of male gametes? Provide one reason. What are these gametes called?
Answer:
Antherozoids are motile male gametophyles which have to swim on the water surface to fertilize the immotile female gametophyle i.e., egg. Since, during its transfer many antherozoids get destroyed, a large number of them are produced.
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