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Pre-fertilisation : Structures and Events

Question

Which cell of the ovule undergoes meiosis to form megaspore and eventually the female gametophyte?

Easy

A

Funiculus
B

Outer integument
C

Inner integument
D

Nucellus

Solution

A cell of the nucellus behaves as megaspore mother cell and it undergoes meiosis and forms a megaspore tetrad. In a tetrad, only one megaspore is functional which forms a female gametophyte upon three generations of free nuclear mitotic divisions.

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