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MHT CET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 1. Reproduction in Lower and Higher Plants

How many pollen gains can be produced from a dithecous tetralocular anther with 75 microspore mother cells in each of its chamber?

  1. A 1200
  2. B 900
  3. C 300
  4. D 750
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(A) 1200

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One microspore mother cell gives rise to 4 pollen grains.
75 microspores will give rise to 300 pollen grain. As anther is dithecous tetralocular, the number of pollen grains produced = 300×4=1200