How many pollen mother cells should undergo meiotic division to produce 64 pollen grains?
A
64
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B
32
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C
16
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D
8
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Solution
The correct option is C16 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.