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Which substance forms the hard outer exine of a pollen grain?
ALignin and tannin
BSporopollenin
CCellulose fibres
DCutin and suberin
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Sporopollenin
Exine is built of sporopollenin, one of the most resistant organic materials known, which no known enzyme degrades.
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