Question

In a flowering plant is microscope mother cell produce four male gametophytes while a megaspore mother cell form only one female gametophyte. Explain.

Answer 1

As each cell of the sporogenous tissue is capable of giving rise to microscope tetrad. Each one is a potential pollen or microscope mother cell while in megaspore, one is functional rest other three degenerate. This method of embryo sac formation from a single megaspore is termed as monosporic development.