Question

Inangiospermic plant before formation of microspore sporogenous tissue
undergo cell division
(a) Name the type of cell division.
(b) What would be the ploidy of the cells of tetrad

Answer 1

The cells of the primary sporogenous layer divide mitotically to give rise to diploid microspore mother cells or meiocytes. These microspore mother cells divide meiotically to form the haploid microspores.