The male germ-cell produced by pollen grain contains .......... the amount of DNA as compared to the other body cells of the plant.

Half

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One third

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Double

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One fourth

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Solution

The correct option is A Half
Inside the anther, the pollen mother cells divide by meiosis to form pollen grains whose nuclei contain half the number of chromosomes present in the parent plant cell.

Thus, the correct answer is option (A).

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