NEET Biology question

These processes are necessary for the complete development of male gametophyte from pollen mother cell.

(A)One meiotic and two mitotic divisionCorrect
(B)One meiotic cell division and one mitotic cell division
(C)two meiotic cell division and one mitotic cell division
(D)two meiotic cell division

Answer: (A)

Solution

The pollen mother cell (microspore mother cell) undergoes one meiotic division to give a tetrad of four haploid microspores; each microspore then undergoes one mitotic division to form the 2-celled pollen

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