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Agriculture · Q212

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 212

Q212

How many pollen mother cells will form 1000 pollen grains

A.
200
B.
250
Answer
C.
300
D.
100

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
250 pollen mother cells will form 1000 pollen grains.
One diploid microspore mother cells by meiosis form 4 tetrads of haploid microspores which become 4 pollen grains.
Thus, 250 pollen mother cells will produce 1000 pollen grains, by undergoing 50 rounds of meiosis.