Q.

Read the following statements related to pollen grains of flowering plants and select the incorrect aspect regarding them ?

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a

25- 50 micro meter in diameter 

b

Assymetric spindle formation during mitosis in pollen grain results in the formation of large generative cell and small vegetative  cell

c

Inner intine wall is made of pectin and cellulose.

d

Exine wall is with a tough lipid sporopollenin  except at germ pores 

answer is D.

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When the pollen grain is mature it contains two cells, the vegetative cell and the generative cell. Asymmetric spindle during mitosis of microspore results in formation of a , bigger  vegetative cell and a smaller generative cell. The vegetative cell has abundant food reserve and a large irregularly shaped nucleus. While the generative cell is small and floats in the cytoplasm of the vegetative cell. It is spindle shaped with dense cytoplasm and a nucleus.

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