Physics NEET Full Syllabus Mock Test 180 Question New Syllabus Mock Test - 4 PCB MCQ (Single Correct)

Double fertilisation refers to:

A
Syngamy in flowering plants and
B
Triple fusion in flowering plants
C
Both
D
Fertilisation in animals

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One of the male gametes moves towards the egg cell and fuses with its nucleus thus completing the syngamy. This results in the formation of a diploid cell, the zygote. The other male gamete moves towards the two polar nuclei located in the central cell and fuses with them to produce a triploid primary endosperm nucleus (PEN). As this involves the fusion of three haploid nuclei it is termed triple fusion. Since two types of fusions, syngamy and triple fusion take place in an embryo sac the phenomenon is termed double fertilisation.

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