Plant Kingdom Question 152

Question: In moss, reduction division takes place in [EAMCET 1981]

Options:

A) Capsule

B) Archegonia

C) Antheridium

D) At the tip of rhizoids

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

When the capsule approaches maturity the sporogenous cells cease to divide, separate from one another and they are known as spore mother cells.

Each spore mother cell undergoes two successive divisions, first of which is meiotic and forms four spores with haploid number of the chromosomes.