Q. The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in

A) Pinus
B) Polytrichum
C) Adiantum
D) Marchantia
Explanation

[Solution from source] In gymnosperms such as Pinus, the male and female gametophytes develop within the pollen grain and ovule and stay dependent on the sporophyte. Mosses like Polytrichum, liverworts like Marchantia and ferns like Adiantum all have free-living gametophytes. Answer (1).

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