Question

What form when meiotic division in an ovule takes place?

• A. Archesporium Tissue
• B. Megaspore Mother Cell
• C. Megaspore
• D. Generative cell

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Megaspore Mother Cell

One of the hypodermal cells of the nucellus of the ovule develops primary archesporial cell. An archesporial cell may divide periclinally to form an outer primary parietal cell adds cells to sporogenous mass at the time of division

and inner primary sporogenous cell, The inner primary sporogenous cell develops into megaspore mother cell (MMC).

So, the correct answer is option B, Megaspore Mother Cell.