During sexual reproduction in angiosperm, the megaspore is produced by:

Question

During sexual reproduction in angiosperm, the megaspore is produced by: (A) Mitosis (B) Meiosis (C) Mitosis followed by meiosis (D) Meiosis followed by mitosis

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

In young ovules, a single hypodermal cell is differentiated to archesporium cell, which may or may not cut off some parietal cells, and then becomes cell undergoing meiosis to form four haploid megaspores arranged in a linear vertical row.

Q. During sexual reproduction in angiosperm, the megaspore is produced by:

Mitosis

Meiosis

Mitosis followed by meiosis

Meiosis followed by mitosis

In young ovules, a single hypodermal cell is differentiated to archesporium cell, which may or may not cut off some parietal cells, and then becomes cell undergoing meiosis to form four haploid megaspores arranged in a linear vertical row.