Chapter 155 of 2363 min read

Algae

Why this is asked: NEET draws heavily on one table — Chlorophyceae stores true starch, Phaeophyceae stores it as laminarin or mannitol, Rhodophyceae as floridean starch, each with its own matching pigment set — and wrong options routinely swap the storage product or pigment between two of the three classes.

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•Read the following statements and choose the set of correct statements. In the members of Phaeophyceae: A. Asexual reproduction occurs usually by biflagellate zoospores. B. Sexual reproduction is by the oogamous method only. C. Stored food is in the form of carbohydrates, which is either mannitol or laminarin. D. The major pigments found are chlorophyll a, c and carotenoids and xanthophyll. E. Vegetative cells have a cellulosic wall, usually covered on the outside by a gelatinous coating of algin. Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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