Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants Question 25

25. Megaspores are produced from the megaspore mother cells after

(a) Meiotic division

(b) Mitotic division

(c) Formation of a thick wall

(d) Differentiation

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Answer : a

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(a) Single Megaspore Mother Cell (MMC) with dense cytoplasm and a prominent nucleus gets differentiated from nucellus near the micropylar region. This Megaspore Mother Cell (MMC) undergoes meiosis to form ’ 4 ’ haploid cells called megaspores and the process of formation is known as megasporogenesis.