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During formation of pollen grains, a mic...

During formation of pollen grains, a microspore mother cell undergoes

A

One meiotic division

B

One mitotic division

C

One meiotic and one mitotic division

D

One meiotic and two mitotic divisions

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As the anther develops, the cells of the sporogenous tissue undergo meiotic divisions to form microspore tetrads. As the anthers mature and dehydrate, the mi crospores dissociate from each other and develop into pollen grains.
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