The Reproductive Lives of Nonvascular Plants: Alternation of Generations - Crash Course Biology #36

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  • Опубликовано: 30 сен 2012
  • Hank introduces us to nonvascular plants - liverworts, hornworts & mosses - which have bizarre features, kooky habits, and strange sex lives. Nonvascular plants inherited their reproductive cycle from algae, but have perfected it to the point where it is now used by all plants in one way or another and has even left traces in our own reproductive systems.
    Table of Contents
    1) Key Traits of Nonvascular Plants 01:42
    2) 3 Phyla of Bryophytes 02:52
    3) Alternation of Generations 04:33
    a) Gametophyte Generation 05:04
    b) Sporophyte Generation 05:25
    c) In Vascular Plants 07:48
    References:
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    kidsresearchexpress.blogspot.c...
    facultyweb.wcjc.edu/biology/BI...
    www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternat...
    www.bio.miami.edu/dana/dox/alt...
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  • @nicolejajaja2199
    @nicolejajaja2199 4 года назад +312

    Can't stand at the fact that this was released 8 years ago.

  • @13mcrgirl
    @13mcrgirl 7 лет назад +247

    Recommend you watch the whole video, but if you're in a rush to just get the idea of alternation of generations start at 4:50

  • @crashcourse
    @crashcourse  11 лет назад +62

    You are correct! Added an annotation, thanks for letting me know. Not sure how that slipped through.

  • @Howf
    @Howf 10 лет назад +117

    yes. yes. yes
    It was such a wise decision to dump the lengthy textbook after 5 minutes to watch this!
    So much easier to understand.
    Thank You, Hank. Thank You.

  • @coloredpandas1993
    @coloredpandas1993 4 года назад +50

    The animation of mosses really helped me understand how mosses reproduce! I had 2 labs and a whole lecture over this and the 3 minute clip of this taught me more than the 3 hours I spend in lab and lecture. Many thanks!!

  • @gibcote
    @gibcote 9 лет назад +54

    A small correction: The capsule holds 1000s of "haploid" spores, not "diploid". :) Loved the video! Great job with the animation!

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      So your science teacher is paid to teach you by showing you RUclips videos?
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  • @khhnator
    @khhnator 9 лет назад +98

    no one expects the spanish moss

    • @jvstAsYouAre
      @jvstAsYouAre 4 года назад +7

      I really really really like this comment

  • @krystalhendrix9983
    @krystalhendrix9983 8 лет назад +116

    At 7:13 I'm pretty sure he meant to say haploid spore not diploid because spores coming from the sporangium are 1n.

  • @Drmario192
    @Drmario192 9 лет назад +11

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  • @astudyinmarkgatiss
    @astudyinmarkgatiss 11 лет назад +9

    I have to take a biology final tomorrow and, as I couldn't sleep, I'm reviewing. I have trouble retaining information due to my head fog, so I was happy to see an easier learning method than books and notes: these videos. Thank you for these. :)

  • @kalebolson1310
    @kalebolson1310 10 лет назад +56

    Hank, at 7:15 you made a mistake by saying that the capsule is full of diploid spores. While the sporophyte is diploid, the spores produced should be haploid.

    • @RuadhanG
      @RuadhanG 10 лет назад +3

      No. The gametaphytes release haploid cells which upon arrival at the archegonia join creating a diploid cell which replicates itself through mitosis until there are thousands of diploid cells (spores) which the calyptra releases and the ones that land on wet ground become bryophytes.

    • @Duckduck3000
      @Duckduck3000 9 лет назад +11

      Ruadhan Glynn After fusion of the gametes in the archegonium, the newly formed diploid cells start replicating through mitosis (you're right uptil here) and form a sporophyte, the sporophyte then produces haploid spores through meiosis.

    • @michaelkagan5451
      @michaelkagan5451 9 лет назад +7

      Demba Fofana Demba is correct. The spores couldn't possibly be 2n because they germinate on their own to create gametophytes which are n.

    • @loona7126
      @loona7126 5 лет назад +2

      spores can be either haploid or diplod. Mitospores are haploid if made in haploid sporophyte or diploid if made on diploid sporophyte, meiospores are always haploid.

    • @guyrukedineshgoonewardene4326
      @guyrukedineshgoonewardene4326 4 года назад

      THANK YOU I WAS A BIT CONFUSED AT THAT POINT

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    @LilZombieFooFoo 10 лет назад +63

    this video got me an A on my biology exam
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    @sydneynicholls8901 4 года назад +4

    This is so amazing! As he was talking my thoughts actually started to align surrounding all the textbook stuff I've read - he makes it so easy to understand!!! :)

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    @tsharena120486 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for wrapping this up for me! I have so much more understanding of all of this now!

  • @KingArgonII
    @KingArgonII 11 лет назад +1

    These shows are fantastic. I love how you (Hank) and John present information. I hope you do more such as physics, because it is a misunderstood and a fun study.

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    @CurtisAmoy 10 лет назад +3

    After falling asleep through a few mono-toned lectures, this quick video really tied my understanding together, thank you.

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    @loopieinfla 8 лет назад +2

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    Every video of yours I watch Hank I am just so grateful for, you make learning bio easy and straightforward, thank you!

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    Love this guy! Using his catalog of videos to teach our outdoor classroom in the Hamilton Gardens - good stuff!!!

  • @KLFD530
    @KLFD530 5 лет назад +18

    Spanish moss is a plant,Tillandsia usneoides. We commonly refer to tillandsias as "air plants"...it is not a lichen.

    • @grumpy_cat-gj7oy
      @grumpy_cat-gj7oy 4 года назад

      yee

    • @grumpy_cat-gj7oy
      @grumpy_cat-gj7oy 4 года назад

      but i think at the time of making this video spanish moss was believed to be a lichen

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    You know what I love? The fact that these biology crash course videos are following my biology course at school down to the T. I've got a bio test on thursday that I need to revise for... was feel pretty annoyed about that, but then I realised it gives me an excuse to watch crashcourse! :D

  • @NatureInspired1023
    @NatureInspired1023 9 лет назад +1

    Love the video! Was trying to review my knowledge of non-vascular plants and got a kick out of this while also accomplishing my goal. Thanks!

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    @Brielle2210 11 лет назад

    This could possibly be my favorite response I've read in a long time. Thank you for making my day.

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    so happy that i have this to help me study for my test tomorrow!

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    These are such great episodes!! Please keep it up!

  • @joeynichols8207
    @joeynichols8207 9 лет назад +3

    Hey Hank, first of all, Thanks for all these great videos, they're helping a lot with the AP Bio test review. I have one question though, so if the gametophytes produce gametes through mitosis, how is genetic variation produced, how are gametes haploid, and how is gender detirmined? Thanks again for the videos!

  • @brettito
    @brettito 11 лет назад +1

    Next week - don't miss Hank explaining how grass grows! He makes everything entertaining!!! Keep up the amazing work!

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    @samanthamulder5515 10 лет назад

    Hank, you actually just saved me for tomorrows test:) You are the best!!! Thank you soooooooooo much.

  • @cosmizz
    @cosmizz 11 лет назад +1

    Great Video Series I'm learning lots, though it can be a lots of information at once so I really appreciate visual aids and Crashcourse's are great when there used. I have to add this one was confusing, there are comparison and cycles and different processes, it hard to keep it all straight. I watched parts four times now (which I learn something each time) but I'm still missing something.

  • @aubreygreen5812
    @aubreygreen5812 8 лет назад +2

    This is so going to help me pass bio 2 lab and lecture I'm so happy !!!! 🤗

  • @mandydax
    @mandydax 11 лет назад +2

    When Hank explained the concept of alternation of generations, I immediately understood it thanks to the Aliens franchise. Facehuggers are like sporophytes. Yay!

  • @tfos993
    @tfos993 7 лет назад

    I know this video is old but I'd like to say that your channel has helped me so much through highschool. You make learning fun.

  • @ctrer8298
    @ctrer8298 9 лет назад +2

    Thank you! This was extremely helpful

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    @minajeetjemineetje3002 5 лет назад +1

    These videos are so amazing and Hank you are so funny! Thank you very much!

  • @thebeanlife4409
    @thebeanlife4409 6 лет назад

    you are my only hope at doing well on my midterm today. thank you for being here haha

  • @Moochiekoo
    @Moochiekoo 11 лет назад +2

    I just wanted to say thank you SO much Hank for Crash Course Biology, because of it I passed my end of term Biology test in the top 10% of the year group, when last year I was in the bottom 10%! SCIENCE, OH YEAH.

  • @oliverwakelin3567
    @oliverwakelin3567 10 лет назад +3

    Hank you are doing a fine job

  • @jocelynluna6190
    @jocelynluna6190 4 года назад +2

    The examples of the ones that do not have a vascular system would be the liverworts, hornworts, and mosses but they have bizarre features for their reproduction systems but they need the requirement of water presented. They undergo gametophyte in which the sperm and egg meet and undergo mitosis then later releases spores into the air hoping it would fertilize another egg. - Great video!

  • @markopolo8910
    @markopolo8910 7 лет назад

    This cleared up a cloud of confusion! Thanks a ton!

  • @FictitiousSkyxxo
    @FictitiousSkyxxo 11 лет назад +1

    Thank you for this! I have an exam on this tomorrow.
    Do you have any quick tips on remembering the life cycles of gymnosperms and angiosperms?

  • @annaam6675
    @annaam6675 10 лет назад +7

    Shouldn't plant taxonomy use Divisons instead of Phyla?
    Anyway you saved my morning, I didn't feel like studying for my Botany test, but this is a good compromise ;)

  • @sethb523
    @sethb523 4 года назад +3

    How can something that seems so complicated in lecture be explained in like 3 minutes. Thank you!

  • @cascochran583
    @cascochran583 9 лет назад

    a long stalk with a cap on top called calyptra... beautifully helpful for remembering.

  • @jesspollock2152
    @jesspollock2152 9 лет назад

    Yes I finally realized that after thinking about it for a while! Thanks :)

  • @nikkinuk5
    @nikkinuk5 11 лет назад

    Thank goodness! Posted a day before our practicals and long tests *O* Thanks!

  • @kdk750
    @kdk750 11 лет назад

    Literally just stepped out of my algae/moss lab in my bio class. THANKS HANK!!!!!!

  • @zachyweezer
    @zachyweezer 11 лет назад

    so great. you've helped me more than you know! thanks!

  • @MultiPaulinator
    @MultiPaulinator 11 лет назад

    Thank you. That one threw me through a loop, too.

  • @jessicamiller91
    @jessicamiller91 6 лет назад

    Yeah thanks dude , with a lil back knowledge you helped me put this together

  • @camarillomelissa
    @camarillomelissa 11 лет назад

    Awsome video! Thank you! so much for uploading.

  • @GleeVampDiaries212
    @GleeVampDiaries212 10 лет назад +1

    thank you! This stuff is actually quite interesting

  • @phoesmi5911
    @phoesmi5911 8 лет назад +40

    This was in my classroom today! I fangirled so much lmao

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      @rynsawyer4185 8 лет назад +2

      +Phoebe Smith I would too if I were in your place!

  • @Giga572
    @Giga572 Год назад +1

    My guy explained something my bio teacher would have taken 4hrs to explain and made me understand with in 20 mins frrrr

  • @ChangGuo
    @ChangGuo 11 лет назад +3

    I feel smarter everytime I watch one of these videos.

  • @GabrielaGarcia-fr7xq
    @GabrielaGarcia-fr7xq 9 лет назад +9

    hey CC, at one point (5:41) you say the spores are haploid, and at (7:12) you say they are diploid. This is a pretty confusing topic so please fix. other than that, thank you sooo much for your collection of awesome videos! you're my hero!

    • @vishrutiganesh7704
      @vishrutiganesh7704 9 лет назад +5

      +Gabriela Garcia The spores are actually haploids, in case you needed that. An easy way to remember it is how the fused gamete is diploid, so haploid spores are produced.

  • @robobrain10000
    @robobrain10000 11 лет назад

    This is a good review for my IB Botany test for HL Bio.

  • @inchworm9311
    @inchworm9311 Год назад

    this was a good one

  • @jaynescott2577
    @jaynescott2577 4 года назад +1

    Very informative

  • @asamikinomoto8517
    @asamikinomoto8517 8 лет назад +1

    Hi! I wanted to know if nonvascular plants and vascular plants both had cuticles. I read on a few websites that they did have small waxy ones, but others say no. Thank you!

  • @b.kkalita7708
    @b.kkalita7708 6 лет назад

    wow sir....ur videos r Vryy helpful....

  • @z4k4z
    @z4k4z 11 лет назад +1

    Fascinating. The alternation of generations seems like a pretty effective strategy, combining the benefits of sexual reproduction (mutation) with the ease of asexual proliferation.

  • @DinaGrinsted
    @DinaGrinsted 11 лет назад

    I told my Biology teacher about CrashCourse Biology and we might start watching them in class! Hooray!

  • @kittytsang468
    @kittytsang468 7 лет назад

    thank you so much crash course! midterm in four hours ; ^ ;

  • @Duckduck3000
    @Duckduck3000 9 лет назад

    Nice video although at 7:21 you say that you need high humidity levels for spore release whereas dry conditions are actually needed ;)

  • @barrauines9761
    @barrauines9761 5 лет назад

    Thank you sooo much, you've just saved my biology test ^.^

  • @ianquinlan7947
    @ianquinlan7947 11 лет назад +1

    Thank you from me as well, Hank. Will be sad to see this end in four weeks. Would be excellent if you two could start a new series, but since this is offered to us for free? I have absolutely no right to complain if you don't.

  • @hamidgul7224
    @hamidgul7224 5 лет назад

    Good job!

  • @MzFoRi3
    @MzFoRi3 7 лет назад

    This is amazing!

  • @emmaskaar
    @emmaskaar 11 лет назад +2

    You've probably already realized this, but Crash Course puts out about one video a week on each active course. Biology and Ecology have ended and Hank is working on Chemistry now. (You can find the playlists at the Crashcourse page.) His brother, John, has finished World History and Literature, and is working on US HIstory. All the courses are worth watching. Have fun learning!

  • @pizzagirl9908
    @pizzagirl9908 10 лет назад

    such a good teacher!!! random.. but i love the wanted!

  • @Shetasen
    @Shetasen 4 года назад

    I swear Hank shows up in almost every science RUclips channel I visit.

  • @DJ_Dett
    @DJ_Dett 11 лет назад +1

    Do you think you could (at some point) do a video on plants that seem to be geared entirely on very rapid reproduction and choking out all other plants? We have some non-native species on the Eglin Reserve that are very interesting and do this. They're generally a problem for the forest, as well as controlled burning (since they ignite like gasoline during fires).

  • @GnarlandQuaver
    @GnarlandQuaver 11 лет назад

    Thanks. Took my AP test today- NOTHING about ecology 90% of it was just graphs- and I saw EVERY video.

  • @mahimabanana
    @mahimabanana 11 лет назад +1

    Instead of relying on my ancient textbook to do my independent study unit, I can come here and not be bored to death. Thanks for making it interesting, Hank! :D

  • @SuperTheoryMan
    @SuperTheoryMan 11 лет назад

    unexpected slide whistles make everything better

  • @sugarpeepsez
    @sugarpeepsez 11 лет назад

    That was pretty cool! Thanks.

  • @textbookcase9000
    @textbookcase9000 6 лет назад

    Writing my bio final today thanks for the help crash corse

  • @BecauseJustBecause
    @BecauseJustBecause 11 лет назад

    Such pretty scenery.

  • @madbritishbelizian
    @madbritishbelizian 11 лет назад

    decomposer is normally a term used in relation to a wide range of organisms that break down organic matter as I'm sure you are aware, the partner in the litchen is in fact a photo-, or more often, a chemoautotroph.

  • @uyariz9718
    @uyariz9718 8 лет назад

    Very Good Video's!

  • @wanlitan7406
    @wanlitan7406 4 года назад +1

    6:07 is where it's at. Turn on the captions if necessary.

  • @erehel
    @erehel 11 лет назад

    I was looking for a way to procrastinate since this is the lazy person I am.Then I stumbled upon this gem here and voil´a!I can actually revise for my botany exam while kind of relaxing my brain at the same time!

  • @SweetBabyMonkeys
    @SweetBabyMonkeys 11 лет назад

    Thanks for bringing romance to the scientific process! =D

  • @skyblazer7
    @skyblazer7 11 лет назад +1

    Hank! Why weren't you making these 20 years ago? Never mind, silly question. However I would have been inspired to pursue Biology (in more ways than the usual one, heh). You and your brother are brilliant presenters and teachers.

  • @eyg24
    @eyg24 9 лет назад +1

    7:12 he means HAPLOID spores!!!!!!!!!!!! confusing but actually helped me learn it from getting confused and figuring it out

  • @missilesociety
    @missilesociety 11 лет назад

    I literally have an exam on this tomorrow oh my god, thanks Hank!

  • @jenniferscoby1363
    @jenniferscoby1363 11 лет назад

    Love this just like all of the rest! Just found a tiny edit...can you put a word blip that says "haploid" in, where you talk about spores? The sporangium is diploid, but the spores, produced via meiosis, are haploid, not diploid. I'm sure it was just a verbal slip - bound to happen!

  • @llindsey1121
    @llindsey1121 10 лет назад

    This is great!

  • @mauradudley6573
    @mauradudley6573 Год назад +1

    I am wondering if there is an error in this video - at 7:14 he says that the capsule is full of "diploid spores" - but aren't the spores haploid since they then go on to become a gametophyte?

  • @SodapopSays
    @SodapopSays 11 лет назад +13

    "The mosses... Mmmm, fuzzy."
    n_n

  • @SweetBabyMonkeys
    @SweetBabyMonkeys 11 лет назад

    Yes!! It's learning time!

  • @Freedomboy006
    @Freedomboy006 7 лет назад

    never covered plants in my bio class so i gotta learn this for DAT

  • @OlleLindestad
    @OlleLindestad 11 лет назад

    Depends on what taxonomist you ask. Bryophyta, Anthocerophyta and Hepatophyta are all recognized as phyla or have been at some point. But yeah, unranked divisions are more common in botanical taxonomy these days.

  • @crashcourse
    @crashcourse  11 лет назад +1

    Yup. Are you gonna be ok?

  • @sarahelizabethe1
    @sarahelizabethe1 11 лет назад

    my god, you're so fabulous. Thank you so so so much for this.

  • @wadoom4001
    @wadoom4001 5 лет назад +15

    2019?????And btw i have an exam tomorrow

  • @tranpeter3
    @tranpeter3 10 лет назад

    The capsule on the bryophyte sporophyte will release it's spores when humidity levels are LOW, not high. When the air is dry, spores may be dispersed more widely and over greater distances than when the air is wet.