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  2. Antheridium - Wikipedia

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    An antheridium is a haploid structure or organ producing and containing male gametes (called antherozoids or sperm). The plural form is antheridia , and a structure containing one or more antheridia is called an androecium . [ 1 ]

  3. Polytrichum commune - Wikipedia

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    Polytrichum commune (also known as common haircap, [2] great golden maidenhair, [2] great goldilocks, [2] common haircap moss, or common hair moss) is a species of moss found in many regions with high humidity and rainfall. The species can be exceptionally tall for a moss with stems often exceeding 30 cm (12 in) and rarely reaching 70 cm (27.5 ...

  4. Archegonium - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of archegonium anatomy. An archegonium (pl.: archegonia), from the Ancient Greek ἀρχή ("beginning") and γόνος ("offspring"), is a multicellular structure or organ of the gametophyte phase of certain plants, producing and containing the ovum or female gamete.

  5. Polytrichum - Wikipedia

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    Polytrichum is a genus of mosses — commonly called haircap moss or hair moss — which contains approximately 70 species that have a cosmopolitan distribution. The genus Polytrichum has a number of closely related sporophytic characters. The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek words polys, meaning "many", and thrix, meaning "hair".

  6. Bryophyte - Wikipedia

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    An example of moss (Bryophyta) on the forest floor in Broken Bow, Oklahoma Bryophytes ( / ˈ b r aɪ . ə ˌ f aɪ t s / ) [ 2 ] are a group of land plants ( embryophytes ), sometimes treated as a taxonomic division , that contains three groups of non-vascular land plants: the liverworts , hornworts , and mosses . [ 3 ]

  7. The best microscope photos of 2022 reveal a hidden world of ...

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    The 2022 winners include a stack of moth eggs, a flowery sea of colon cells, and bacteria coating a human tongue cell. The Nikon Small World competition recognizes the art and science of ...

  8. Marchantiophyta - Wikipedia

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    The Marchantiophyta (/ m ɑːr ˌ k æ n t i ˈ ɒ f ə t ə,-oʊ ˈ f aɪ t ə / ⓘ) are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts.Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of genetic information.

  9. Google Maps creation put under the microscope, reveals a ...

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    The combination of man and machine helps explain why Google Maps is one of the most accurate sources of location information on Earth -- although the firm does have some catching up to do in space.