Glittering wood-moss (Hylocomium splendens) is a species of moss that can be found in Alaska and Canada. Based on what you know about mosses, what is likely true of the female gametes of glittering wood-moss?

_____ They are haploid.
_____ They lack flagella.
_____ They are produced when the gametophyte undergoes meiosis.
_____ They are smaller than the male gametes.
_____ They are housed in archegonia.


__X__ They are haploid.
__X__ They lack flagella.
_____ They are produced when the gametophyte undergoes meiosis.
_____ They are smaller than the male gametes.
__X__ They are housed in archegonia.

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