To produce $500$ pollen grains, how many microspore mother cells are required?

500

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125

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250

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1000

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Solution

The correct option is A $125$
One Microspore mother cell after meiosis produce 4 pollen grains.
Therefore by the unitary method, 500 pollen grains are produced by 125 microspore mother cell.
= 500/4
= 125
So the correct option is "125".

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