Given below are two statements. Statement I - In anther, each cell of sporogenous tissue is capable of giving rise to microspore tetrad. Statement II - A wall of mature anther which contains four layers develops from a sporogenous tissue. In the light of above statements, choose the correct option given below:

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Statement I is correct because each cell of the sporogenous tissue in an anther acts as a potential pollen mother cell (PMC) or microspore mother cell, which undergoes meiosis to form a microspore tetrad. Statement II is incorrect because the anther wall, which consists of four layers (epidermis, endothecium, middle layers, and tapetum), develops from the primary parietal cells, not from the sporogenous tissue. The sporogenous tissue is located at the centre of each microsporangium and gives rise to microspores. An