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Agriculture · Q991

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 991

Q991

Meiosis occurs in

A.
Endosperm cells
B.
Intercalary meristems
C.
Apical meristems
D.
Spore mother cells
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
Meiosis occurs in Spore mother cells.
Vascular plants produce cells called spore mother cells since they will give rise to spores in spore cases (sporangia).
Spore mother cells are usually surrounded, during development, by a special nutritive tissue. In the more primitive groups, each sporangium holds many mother cells.