Biology (11th Edition)

by Raven, Peter; Johnson, George; Mason, Kenneth; Losos, Jonathan; Singer, Susan

Published by McGraw-Hill Education

ISBN 10: 1259188132

ISBN 13: 978-1-25918-813-8

Chapter 30 - Seedless Plants - Review Questions - Synthesize - Page 601: 2

Answer

The sporophyte of the fern should have more mitotic divisions.

Work Step by Step

Since mitosis gives more cells, the larger and longer-lived sporophyte generation should have more mitotic divisions: the fern sporophyte.

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