Multiple choice

In wheat plant, what is the minimum number of meiotic divisions required to obtain 100 grains (fruits)?

  1. 20

  2. 100

  3. 125

  4. 200
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Explanation

Meiotic divisions are responsible for gamete formation. For wheat or any other flowering plant, it is necessary to have a pollen (4 after one meiotic division) and an egg cell (usually one after one meiotic division) to produce a single seed. To produce a single wheat grain, there should be 100 meiotic divisions to produce hundred egg cells and 25 divisions to produce 100 pollen grains.

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