Use the Information to Answer the Following Question

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Multiple Choice

Use the information to answer the following question.
Oviparous (egg-laying) animals have internal fertilization (sperm cells encounter eggs within the female's body) . Yolk and/or albumen is (are) provided to the embryo, and a shell is then deposited around the embryo and its food source. Eggs are subsequently deposited in an environment that promotes their further development, or are incubated by one or both parents.
The internal fertilization that occurs in egg-laying animals prior to shell deposition is similar to what process in angiosperms?

• A) endosperm proliferation
• B) growth of pollen tube and delivery of sperm nuclei
• C) fusion of carpels into a fruit
• D) seed coat hardening

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