NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Female cells in flowering plants are called egg cells. They are produced in the ovaries of plants in a structure called an ovule. The ovules are also called female gametophytes or macrospores.

Detailed explanation-2: -The carpel is the female part of the flower. At the bottom of the carpel is the swollen part – this is the ovary. The ovary contains several ovules. Each ovule is a female sex cell called an egg cell.

Detailed explanation-3: -Development of sperm and egg cells in plants Within the flower, sperm cells are produced by pollen at the tips of stamens, while egg cells develop in ovules, tiny structures embedded in the ovary at the base of the pistil.

Detailed explanation-4: -Egg cell is the female gamete of plants. It is enclosed in ovule which in turn is present in the ovary of a flower.

Detailed explanation-5: -Flowers contain male sex organs called stamens and female sex organs called pistils. The anther is the part of the stamen that contains pollen. Pollen contains the male gametes. Pollen must be moved to a part of the pistil called the stigma for reproduction to take place.