33. Sexual Reproduction in Ferns (Pteridium aquilinum, Anemia phyllitidis)
Channel: UMass Amherst Libraries
Date: 09/05/2016

Developmental Biology Film Series episode 33.

The familiar plant we call a fern is only the sporophyte stage of an organism that alternates between sexual (gametophyte) and asexual (sporophyte) generations.  Gametophytes are small heart-shaped plants that produce both eggs and sperm. Fertilization of the egg  produces the sporophyte plant which in turn matures and produces millions of spores,

Biologist:  Bruce Voeller, Rockefeller University

National Science Foundation Grant DB523

CREDITS
Director/ Cinematographer – Joseph V.  Durden
Editing – William Hansard
Assistant Cinematographer – Peter Yanover
Sound – Charles L. White, Jr.
Graphics – George Witham
Project Coordinator – Marilyn P. Farnell
Technical Assistance – Betsy Bikk and Sherry L. DeRemer
Production Manager – David Nelson

Produced by the Developmental Biology Film Program of the Educational Development Center
Project Director – Eugene Bell

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