Q33 / 180 · NEET 2015 (Phase 2) · Botany
Male gametophyte in angiosperms produces :
- ASingle sperm and a vegetative cell
- BSingle sperm and two vegetative cells
- CThree sperms
- Correct answerDTwo sperms and a vegetative cell
Solution
In Angiosperms, pollen grain is the first male gametophyte.
Microspore divides mitotically forming two cells.
1. Vegetative cell: Bigger in size having abundant food reserve and large irregularly shaped nucleus.
2. Generative cell: Small and floats in the cytoplasm of the vegetative cell. It is spindle-shaped with dense cytoplasm and nucleus.
Shedding of pollen grains takes place at this two-celled stage in 60 % of angiosperms. In rest, the generative cell divides to form the male gametes (sperms) and pollen is shed at the three-celled stage.
Hence, the correct answer is option: 'D'.