Meiosis in Plant Life Cycle Produces Haploid Gametes

Steps:

• Identify meiosis as the reduction division that halves chromosome number for gamete formation.
• In plant life cycles, meiosis occurs in reproductive structures to produce spores.
• For male gametes, this happens in anthers, forming pollen grains.
• Review diagram stages to match pollen with meiosis location.

Why A is correct:

• Meiosis in plants produces haploid microspores that develop into pollen grains, per the alternation of generations in the plant life cycle.

Why the others are wrong:

• B. Seed: Forms after fertilization, involving diploid embryo development via mitosis.
• C. Mature plant: Diploid sporophyte stage, where growth occurs by mitosis, not meiosis.
• D. Daughter plant: Results from seed germination or asexual reproduction, without reduction division.

Final answer: A