Understanding Pollen Mother Cells - Testbook

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  • Pollen mother cells, also referred to as microspore mother cells, originate from the sporogenous tissue found in the anther of a plant.
  • These cells are diploid, meaning they contain two sets of chromosomes.
  • Through a process of two meiotic divisions, the pollen mother cells give rise to four haploid microspores.
  • These microspores further divide mitotically to form pollen grains, which are essential for plant reproduction.

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The sporogenous tissue differentiate to form the pollen mother cells.

The four haploid microspores produced from the PMC arrange themselves in a tetrad known as the microspore tetrad.


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