Question

Differentiate between microsporogenesis and megasporogenesis.

Answer 1

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Microsporogenesis}& \text{Microsporogenesis}\\ \text{It is a meiotic formation of haploid microspores from diploid microspore mother cell.}& \text{It is meiotic formation of haploid megaspores from diploid megaspore mother cell.}\\ \text{All the four microspores of a spore tetrad are functional}& \text{Only one megaspore of a tetrad is functional}\\ \text{A large number of microspore mother cells are functional in a microsporangium}& \text{Generally a single megaspore mother cell is functional in a megasporangium}\end{array}$