A trend seen throughout the evolution of the land plants is for the gametophyte generation to become and more dependent on the sporophyte, and the sporophyte generation to become and more independent of the gametophyte.

Gregor mendel is best known for his work with pea plants and for uncover many of the mysteries of genetics. one of his major findings stated that there were specific, physical units of inheritance that are transmitted during reproduction. what is the the name given to these units of inheritance which can be found on chromosomes? a) centromeres b) cytoplasm c) genes d) nucleotides