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How many pollen mother cells should undergo meiotic division to produce 64 pollen grains?

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64
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32
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16
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8
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Solution

The correct option is C 16
Each pollen mother cell(PMC), by a meiotic division, gives rise to a group of four haploid microspores. Thus, 1616 pollen mother cells undergo meiotic divisions to produce 6464 pollen grains.

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