Microcytes vs Megacytes Flashcards
Microspore mother cells
Microsporocytes
Microsporocytes in the ____ undergo meiotic division
anther
Microsporocytes
Microspore mother cells
A microspore is produced, nursed by ________
tapetum
The microspore undergoes mitotic division and produces ________
Two sperm nuclei and a pollen tube nucleus
The ____________ will continue the vegetative cell
pollen tube nucleus
The sperm nuclei will constitute the ________
generative cell
The ______ will elongate when the pollen reaches the _____
pollen nuclei, stigma.
What allows the sperm to enter the ovule
the elongation of the pollen nucleus until it reaches the stigma
Magaspores mother cells
megasporocytes
Megasporocytes in the ___ undergo meiotic division
ovule
How many nuclei are produced in the formation of megagametophytes
four nuclei, but only one remains to grow to a megaspores
Megaspores are nursed by the _______ or the parenchymal cells in the ovule
nucellus
The megaspores will undergo ___ mitotic divisions
three (3)
the megaspores will undergo three mitotic divisions to produce ________
eight nuclei