Microsporogenesis
microsporogenesis
(mī’krə-spôr’ə-jěn’ĭ-sĭs)
The formation of microspores inside the microsporangia (or pollen sacs) of seed plants. A diploid cell in the microsporangium, called a microsporocyte or a pollen mother cell, undergoes meiosis and gives rise to four haploid microspores. Each microspore then develops into a pollen grain (the microgametophyte).
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