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    The “bryophytes” comprise three phyla of plants united by a similar haploid-dominant life cycle and

    unbranched sporophytes bearing one sporangium: the liverworts (Marchantiophyta), mosses


    (Bryophyta), and hornworts (Anthocerophyta). Combined, these groups include some 20000 species.
    As descendents of embryophytes that diverged before tracheophytes appeared, bryophytes offer
    unique windows into the early evolution of land plants. We review insights into the evolution of
    plant life cycles, in particular the elaboration of the sporophyte generation, the major lineages
    within bryophyte phyla, and reproductive processes that shape patterns of bryophyte evolution.
    Recent transcriptomic work suggests extensive overlap in gene expression in bryophyte sporophytes
    vs. gametophytes, but also novel patterns in the sporophyte, supporting Bower’s antithetic
    hypothesis for origin of alternation of generations. Major lineages of liverworts, mosses, and
    hornworts have been resolved and general patterns of morphological evolution can now be inferred.
    The life cycles of bryophytes, arguably more similar to those of early embryophytes than are those in
    any other living plant group, provide unique insights into gametophyte mating patterns, sexual
    conflicts, and the efficacy and effects of spore dispersal during early land plant evolution. (shaw
    2010)

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