Plant KingdomHard
Question
The common mode of sexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas is
Options
A.isogamous
B.anisogamous
C.oogamous
D.hologamous
Solution
Different species of Chlamydomonas produce different types of gametes. Sexual reproduction in Chlamydomonas may be of different typeshologamy (fusion of two young cells) ; isogamy (fusion of similar gametes), eg C. longistigina, anisogamy (fusion between morphologically similar but physiologically different gametes), eg, C. monoica, oogamy (fusion between two dissimilar gametes), eg, C. coccifera. Among all, siogamy is the most siplest and common type and oogamy is the most advanced type of sexual reproduction.
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