NEET 2011 Biology question

The gametophyte is not an independent, free living generation in :

(1)Polytrichum
(2)Adiantum
(3)Marchantia
(4)PinusCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

Polytrichum (moss) and Marchantia (liverwort) are bryophytes whose gametophyte is the dominant, free-living phase. Adiantum (fern) has a free-living, photosynthetic prothallus. In Pinus (gymnosperm,

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