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NEET Botany Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants 2024 NEET 2024 (Re-NEET)

NEET Botany Question (2024) — Solution

Question

Pollen grains remain preserved as fossils due to the presence of :

Options

  1. A. Epidermal layer
  2. B. Tapetum
  3. C. Exine layer
  4. D. Intine layer

Answer

C. Exine layer

Step-by-step solution

Pollen grains are well-preserved as fossils because of the presence of sporopollenin, which is found in the outer layer of pollen, i.e., exine.

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