It is replicable because all the other answers are based on an individual’s opinion, not science.
Answer:
The average trait value changed in one direction.(In this case, larger size)
Explanation:
In evolution a natural selection can be disruptive, directional or stabilizing
In stabilizing no extreme trait is favored hence provides intermediate values .
Disruptive selection both extreme traits are favored over the intermediate trait.
Directional, the enviroment will favor the survival of one trait hence a change in direction either towards the left or the right.
In the case of swallow cliff mortality, selection favored the larger size.
Answer:
The correct answer would be "The plant is a fern, and sporophyte is its dominant phase".
Ferns refer to the lower plants which do not bear flowers, have leafy or feathery fronds, and they reproduce by spores.
They show alternation of generation in which sporophyte is the dominant stage.
The mature diploid sporophyte releases haploid spores with the help of meiotic divisions.
The haploid spore divides by mitotic division and matures into a haploid gametophyte. The single gametophyte bears antheridium and archegonium which release flagellated male gametes and egg (female gamete) respectively with the help of mitotic division.
The gametes fertilize to produce a diploid zygote.
The zygote divides mitotically and matures into the diploid sporophyte.