How many reduction divisions are required to produce 64 microspores?

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Solution

The correct option is C 16
Each mother cell on reductional division produces four microspore tetrads also known as pollen.
So 64 microspore cell are formed by=64/4=16.
Therefore 16 reductional division are required to form 64 mother cells.
So the correct option is '16'.

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