alleryStart learning →The formation of microspores from a pollen mother cell takes place by
Asimple mitosis
Bfree nuclear mitosis
Cmultiple fission
Dreduction division
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. reduction division
A pollen mother cell is diploid and divides meiotically, giving a tetrad of haploid microspores.
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