In the mature angiosperm seed, the nutritive tissue is triploid. This tissue is formed from; Two polar nucleii fusing with a sperm cell The synergids fusing with a sperm cell The sperm fusing with the egg cell The embryo

In the mature angiosperm seed, the nutritive tissue is triploid. This tissue is formed from; Two polar nucleii fusing with a sperm cell The synergids fusing with a sperm cell The sperm fusing with the egg cell The embryo

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Chapter26: Seed Plants

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Problem 1VCQ: Figure 26.8 At what stage dees the diploid zygote form? when the female cone begins to bud from the...

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In the mature angiosperm seed, the nutritive tissue is triploid. This tissue is formed
from;
Two polar nucleii fusing with a sperm cell
The synergids fusing with a sperm cell
The sperm fusing with the egg cell
The embryo

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