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In moss, reduction division takes place ...

In moss, reduction division takes place in

A

Capsule

B

Archegonia

C

Anteridium

D

At the tip of rhizoids

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When the capsule approches maturity the sporogenous cells cease to divide, separate from one another and they are known as spore mother cells. Each spore mother cell undergoes two successive divisions, first of which is meiotic and forms four spores with haploid number of the chromosomes.
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