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What is meant by monosporic development of female gametophyte?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Megasporogenesis**: - The process of megasporogenesis is the formation of megaspores from the megaspore mother cell. This is the first step in the development of the female gametophyte. 2. **Meiotic Division**: - The megaspore mother cell undergoes meiosis, a type of cell division that reduces the chromosome number by half. This results in the production of four megaspores. ...
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