Heterospory: History, Origin and Advantages

In this article we will discuss about:- 1. History of Heterospory 2. Incipience of Heterospory 3. Origin 4. Evidences 5. Advantages. History of Heterospory: Pteridophytes are the first true land plants. Being the first successful colonisers in land habit pteridophytes show both the homospory and heterospory. Most of the pteridophytes are homo­sporous, produce isospores which are morpholog­ically and physiologically identical. [...]