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Q.In double fertilization of an angiospermic plant,

(a) one male gamete fuses with egg and the other one with one of the synergids
(b) one male gamete fuses with egg and the other with secondary nucleus
(c) one male gamete fuses with synergid and the other with any one of the antipodal nuclei
(d) none of these
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Double fertilisation in angiosperms = syngamy (male gamete + egg gives zygote) plus triple fusion (male gamete + secondary/polar nuclei gives endosperm).

In angiosperms, the pollen tube delivers two non-motile male gametes into the embryo sac. Double fertilisation involves two simultaneous fusion events:

  1. Syngamy: One male gamete fuses with the egg cell (n) to form the diploid (2n) zygote.
  2. Triple fusion: The other male gamete fuses with the diploid secondary nucleus (formed by the fusion of the two polar nuclei) to form the triploid (3n) primary endosperm nucleus, which develops into the nutritive endosperm tissue. …

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