Multiple choice

When a microspore mother cell with 40 chromosomes undergoes division to from microspores, each of the four resulting cells has

  1. 80 chromosomes

  2. 40 chromosomes

  3. 20 chromosomes

  4. 10 chromosomes
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Explanation

Meiosis is a reduction division. If the mother cell has 40 chromosomes, the resulting microspores will have half that number, which is 20.

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