In grasses what happens in microspore mother cell for the formation of mature pollen grains?
A
One meiotic and two mitotic divisions
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B
One meiotic and one mitotic divisions
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C
One meiotic division
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D
One mitotic division
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Solution
The correct option is B One meiotic and one mitotic divisions The grass is a monocot plant. Primary sporogenous cell gives rise to microspore mother cells or pollen mother cells. Each MMC on reduction division gives rise to 4 microspores or pollens is called microsporogenesis. Karyokinesis is of successive type. The successive type of cytokinesis is common in monocots. Here both meiotic I and II nuclear divisions are followed by wall formation and it leads to isobilateral tetrad.
So the correct answer is "One meiotic and one mitotic division".