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An anther has 1200 pollen grains. How ma...

An anther has 1200 pollen grains. How many pollen mother cells must have been there to produce them ? Explain.

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301-Pollen mother cells.
301 Pollen mother cells undergo meiosis producing 1204 pollen grains. Because at the end of meiosis, each pollen mother cells produces 4 pollen grains.
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