In a majority of angiosperm for the development of female gametophyte, the functional megaspore undergoes how many meiotic and mitotic divisions?
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a
One meiotic and three mitotic divisions
b
Zero meiotic and two mitotic divisions
c
Zero meiotic and three mitotic divisions
d
One meiotic and two mitotic divisions
answer is C.
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The nucleus of the functional megaspore divides mitotically to form two nuclei which move to the opposite poles, forming the 2-nucleate embryo sac. Two more sequential mitotic nuclear divisions result in the formation of the 4-nucleate and later the 8-nucleate stages of the embryo sac. Only during the formation of megaspores from megaspore mother cell meiosis is involved.