NEET 2013 · Class 12

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Megaspores are produced from the megaspore mother cells after

  1. (A)mitotic division
  2. (B)formation of thick wall
  3. (C)differentiation
  4. (D)meiotic division

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A cell of the archesporium, the megaspore mother cell divides meiotically and one of the megaspores forms the embryo sac (the female gametophyte).

Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
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intro ~~HUMAN REPRODUCTION~~ SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS
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8333, emb=0.6529, combined=0.7251). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'the megaspore mother cell divides meiotically', which directly and conclusively proves that megaspores are produced after meiotic division, distinguishing option D from the other options.

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