In a two-celled pollen grain in angiosperms, the large cell with irregular nucleus

Question

In a two-celled pollen grain in angiosperms, the large cell with irregular nucleus (A) divides and forms two male gametes (B) divides and forms pollen tube (C) does not divide but forms two male gametes (D) does not divide but forms pollen tube

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The two cells of a pollen grain are vegetative cell and generative cell. The generative cell is a small spindle-shaped cell, which floats in the cytoplasm of the larger cell with an irregular nucleus. The larger cell is called the vegetative cell. It germinates on the stigma. It absorbs the sugary secretion and the cytoplasm comes out as a pollen tube. It does not divide.

Q. In a two-celled pollen grain in angiosperms, the large cell with irregular nucleus

divides and forms two male gametes

divides and forms pollen tube

does not divide but forms two male gametes

does not divide but forms pollen tube