Which statement is true with respect to protonema?
it gives rise to sporophyte.
it produces male gametes.
it gives rise to gametophyte.

The appropriate response is letter third one. it is a string like a chain of cells that structures the most punctual phase of a bryophyte life cycle. at the point when a greenery initially develops from the spore, it develops as a protonema which forms into a verdant gametophore.