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The phenomenon of heterospory has great biological importance. They are;

  1. The megaspore containing the female gametophyte derives food from the sporophyte. As it remains inside the sporophyte it is independent of external conditions.
  2. It creates a proper nutritive environment for the developing embryo better than an independent green prothallus in homosporous ferns.
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