Question

How many meiotic divisions occur to produce 100 pollen grains?

Answer 1

Meiotic divisions occur to produce 100 pollen grains

1. Meiosis is also known as reduction division since the daughter cells' chromosomes are halved.
2. Meiosis is the process through which gametes are created in germ cells.
3. Male gamete cells are found in pollen grains.
4. They are haploid microspores that have been produced.
5. The microsporangium is where microspores are made.
6. Each sporogenous cell has the ability to go through meiosis and create a microspore tetrad, as well as act as a microspore mother cell or pollen mother cell (PMC).
7. Microsporogenesis is the name given to this process.
8. One meiotic division in a pollen mother cell produces four microspores, which grow into four pollen grains; thus, 100 pollen grains require 25 meiotic divisions.