How many meiotic and mitotic divisions need to occur for the development of a mature female gametophyte from the megaspore mother cell in an angiosperm plant?
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Fig fruit is a non-vegetarian fruit as it has enclosed fig wasps in it.
Statement II : Fig wasp and fig tree exhibit mutual relationship as fig wasp completes its life cycle in fig fruit and fig fruit gets pollinated by fig wasp.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Given below are two statements : One is labelled as Assertion (A) and other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Cells of the tapetum possess dense cytoplasm and generally have more than one nucleus.
Reason (R) : Presence of more than one nucleus in the tapetum increases the efficiency of nourishing the developing microspore mother cells.
In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Match List I with List II :
| List - I |
List - II |
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|---|---|---|---|
| A | Scutellum | I | Persistent nuclellus |
| B | Non-albuminous seed | II | Cotyledon of Monocot seed |
| C | Epiblast | III | Groundnut |
| D | Perisperm | IV | Rudimentary cotyledon |
Choose the option with all correct matches.