NEET Biology question
The number of chromosomes in the shoot tip cells of a maize plant is 20. The number of chromosomes in the microspore mother cells of the same plant shall be:
Answer: (A)
Solution
Shoot tip cells are somatic (2n) cells, and the microspore mother cell is also a diploid sporophytic cell (it is only after this cell undergoes meiosis
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