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.
