How many pollen mother cells should undergo meiotic division to produce 64 pollen grains?

Question

How many pollen mother cells should undergo meiotic division to produce 64 pollen grains? (A) 64 (B) 32 (C) 16 (D) 8

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Each pollen mother cell (PMC), by a meiotic division, gives rise to a group of four haploid microspores. Thus, 16 pollen mother cells undergo meiotic divisions to produce 64 pollen grains.

Q. How many pollen mother cells should undergo meiotic division to produce $64$ pollen grains?

$64$

$32$

$16$

$8$

Each pollen mother cell $(PMC)$ , by a meiotic division, gives rise to a group of four haploid microspores. Thus, $16$ pollen mother cells undergo meiotic divisions to produce $64$ pollen grains.

Q. How many pollen mother cells should undergo meiotic division to produce 64 pollen grains?

64

32

16

8