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Choose the wrong statement about algae from the following:

Option: 1

Vascular plants


Option: 2

Chlorophyll bearing


Option: 3

Reserve food material being starch


Option: 4

All of these


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Algae and their characteristics -

  • Algae are chlorophyll - bearing, thalloid, avascular plants and are usually aquatic.

  • Eg. Chlamydomonas, Volvox.
  • Some of them form lichens along with fungi, some are epizoic on shells and sloth bear (algae Trichophilus welckeri). Some are present on moist stones, wood and soil.

  • Vegetative reproduction occurs by fragmentation.

  • Asexual reproduction occurs with the help of motile zoospores containing flagella.

  • Sexual reproduction takes place by syngamy i.e. fusion of gametes. 

  • Syngamy can be isogamy when fusing gametes are similar, anisogamy when fusing gametes are dissimilar or oogamy when female gamete is larger and non-motile while male gamete is smaller and motile. 

Algae are thallophytes. They do not contain vascular tissues.

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