In Flowering Plants, One Sperm Nucleus Fuses with an Egg

question 40

Multiple Choice

In flowering plants, one sperm nucleus fuses with an egg nucleus, and a zygote forms that develops into an embryo.Another sperm nucleus

• A)fuses with a primary endosperm cell to produce three cells, each with one nucleus.
• B)fuses with a primary endosperm cell to produce one cell with one diploid nucleus.
• C)fuses with the endosperm mother cell, forming a primary endosperm cell with a single triploid nucleus.
• D)fuses with one of the endosperm mother cell nuclei to produce a diploid tissue that serves as the food supply for the embryo.
• E)degenerates.

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