What is a spore? – Plant reproduction – Biology
Fern spores on the underside of a frond When plants like moss first began to grow outside the water, about 540 million years ago, they needed a way to reproduce [...]
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Plant reproduction – Biology – Science
Cell division The very earliest photosynthesizing plants on Earth, about 3 billion years ago, had only one cell, and they reproduced the way most one-celled creatures do, by mitosis: splitting [...]
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Looking for spores – Plant Reproduction
Sphagnum moss with spores standing up Wander around your back yard or a park until you find a fern. Look at the underside of one of the leaves. There are [...]
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What is moss? Plant Biology and Evolution
A moss-covered rock During the Cambrian period, about 540 million years ago, some early plants evolved from earlier algae that could live on land, outside of the water. These plants [...]
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Mushrooms, biology and evolution
Mushrooms growing in a field About 600 million years ago, a few eukaryote cells developed into multi-celled creatures. Some of them became animals, and some became plants, and others became [...]
