Question

Name the types of cell division that occurs during the following cellular activity.
A. Growth of a shoot.
B. Formation of pollen grains.

Answer 1

A: Growth of shoot occurs through mitosis that forms the cells with an equal number of chromosomes as that of parent cells and increases the length and width of the shoot.

B: Pollen grain formation occurs through meiosis to produce the haploid pollens with half the chromosome number as that of pollen mother cell.