Question

If the fertilized egg of a plant has $40$ chromosomes, the number of chromosomes present in the pollen mother cell is?

• A. $80$
• B. $160$
• C. $40$
• D. $60$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $40$

The correct answer is C.

Pollen mother cell or Microspore mother cell is a diploid cell in plants, have 2n condition like that of a fertilized egg(Zygote). It undergoes meiosis resulting in the production of four haploid microspores.