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Standard XII
Biology
Structure of Dicot Embryo
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One pollen mother cell produces 2 male gametes where as one megaspore mother cell produces only 1 female gamete.
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Megaspore mother cell differentiates from sporogenous tissue.
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Three free nuclear divisions occur in megaspore to form embryo sac.
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Female gametophyte in angiosperms is 8 celled and 7 nucleated
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Three free nuclear divisions occur in megaspore to form embryo sac.
One pollen mother cell produces 8 male gametes.
Megaspore mother cell differentiates from nucellus.
Female gametophyte in angiosperms is 7 celled and 8 nucleated
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The seven-celled and eight nucleated female gametophytes of an angiospermic plant is produced as a result of divisions of functional megaspore
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Arrange the following in chronological order in the life-cycle of an angiosperm . (a) flower, (b) sporophytic plant, (c) seed, (d) fertilization, (e) megaspore-microspore, (f) endosperm-embryo, (g) megaspore mother cell-microspore mother cell, (h) female gametophyte with egg-male gametophyte with sperm nuclei.
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Assertion : Megaspore mother cell undergoes meiotic division.
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