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Ectocarpus: Structure and Reproduction by Amir Hamza is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Ectocarpus is a marine brown alga found in temperate and tropical seas worldwide. It has a filamentous plant body that is heterotrichous, with a prostrate system for attachment and an erect system for photosynthesis. Both haploid and diploid plants are morphologically identical. Ectocarpus reproduces asexually through biflagellate zoospores and sexually through anisogamous gametes that fuse to form a zygote, which germinates into a sporophytic plant.
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- Amir Hamza
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