Question

In flowering plants, meiosis takes place in __________________ and ________________.

• A. pollen grains
• B. ovules

Answer 1

Flowering plants

1. Flowering plants are the plants that bear flowers and fruits.
2. They are also referred to as ‘angiosperm’.

Meiosis

1. Meiosis is a type of cell division that occurs in the reproductive cells.
2. In this there will be two successive divisions.
3. This results in the formation of four daughter cells.
4. The daughter cells have half the number of chromosomes of parent cells.
5. It happens in reproductive or germ cells. That is pollen grains and ovules in flowering plants.

Final answer: In flowering plants, meiosis takes place in pollen grains and ovules.