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What will be the ratio of the number of male gametes produced from one microspore mother cell to the number of female gametes produced from one megaspore mother cell in flowering plants?
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Solution:
One microspore mother cell will undergo meiosis to form 4 pollen grains. Each pollen grain will undergo two mitosis to form two male gametes. Thus the number of male gametes produced by one microspore mother cell is 8 . One megaspore mother cell will undergo meiosis to form 4 megaspore. Out of this three will degenerate and only one will be functional. This single functional megapore undergoes three free nuclear divisions to form a 7 celled, 8 nucleated embryo sac having only one ovum (female gamete). Thus the number of female gametes produced by one megaspore mother cell is 1.