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Discuss about
(i) haploid insects and lower plants where cell-division occurs, and
(ii) some haploid cells in higher plants where cell-division does not occur.

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Drones (male) of honey bee and lower plants like Chlamydomoras, Spirogyra, etc. are haploids. These produce haploid gametes by mitosis and not by meiosis.
(ii)Spermatozoa and ova of higher animals, and microspores and megaspores of higher plants do not undergo cell division
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