Plant Kingdom Question 533

Question: In Spirogyra during the germination of zygospore how many haploid nuclei take part [CPMT 1993, 2001; AIIMS 2001]

Options:

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) All four

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

Zygospore undergoes zygotic meiosis and forms 4 haploid nuclei of these three degenerate.

So one haploid nuclei take part and one new filament is formed.