Question

How many pollen grains can be formed from 100 microspore mother cells?

• A. 100
• B. 300
• C. 400
• D. Cannot be calculated

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

400

Meiotic division of the diploid microspore mother cells results in the formation of gametes. Each microspore mother cell will give rise to 4 haploid cells, which are the gametes or pollen grains.

Therefore there will be a total of 100×4 pollen grains which comes to 400 pollen grains.

So the correct option is '400'.