NEET BIOLOGY

REPRODUCTION

SEXUAL REPRODUCTION IN FLOWERING PLANTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are small grains that contain a plant’s male reproductive cells?
A
stamen
B
pollen
C
pistil
D
stigma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The powdery particles that contain the male sex cells (gametes).

Detailed explanation-2: -Pollen is essential for sexual reproduction of flowering plants and plants that produce cones. Each pollen grain contains male gametes necessary for fertilisation. The scientific study of living and fossilised pollen grains is known as palynology. The male part of flowering plants is the stamen.

Detailed explanation-3: -What are Pollen Grains? Pollen grains are microscopic structures, which bear androecium – a male reproductive organ of a flower. The interior section of pollen grain contains cytoplasm along with the tube cell, which converts into a pollen tube and the generative cell releases the sperm nuclei.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pollen grains are the male germ cells of plants, released to fertilize the corresponding female plant parts.

Detailed explanation-5: -Another name for pollen grain is microspore. Pollen grains are found in flowering plants, in the male structures.

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