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Microspores are produced in the multiples of four. Why?

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Microspores are haploid spores produced from diploid microspores mother cells. Each microspores mother cell (2n) undergoes meiosis producing four microspores (n). Because a complete meiotic division yields 4 cells. Thus microspores are produced in multiples of four.
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