microbes
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Within the microsporangium, cells known as microsporocytes divide by meiosis to produce four haploid microspores.
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The microspores develop into male gametophytes that are released as pollen.
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Inside the anthers’ microsporangia, male gametophytes divide by meiosis to generate haploid microspores, which, in turn, undergo mitosis and give rise to pollen grains.
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Like all gymnosperms, pines are heterosporous and generate two different types of spores: male microspores and female megaspores.
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Changed semi-colon to period after "microspores" in the caption to figure 522.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
