Question

What happens to the megaspore mother cell (MMC) in Apospory?

Options

• It develops alongside the normal zygotic embryo

• It forms an embryo from an unfertilised egg cell

• It directly forms a diploid embryo sac without regular meiotic division

• It undergoes normal meiosis, producing four megaspores

Answer 1

In Apospory, the megaspore mother cell undergoes normal meiosis and produces four megaspores. These four megaspores subsequently gradually degenerate.