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Chapter 40, Problem 4TY
How does double fertilization occur in flowering plants?
- a. The two sperm in a pollen tube fertilize the two egg cells present in each female gametophyte.
- b. One of the two sperm in a pollen tube fertilizes the single egg in a female gametophyte, and the other fuses with the two nuclei present in the central cell.
- c. Two sperm, one contributed by each of two different pollen tubes, fertilize the two egg cells in a single female gametophyte.
- d. Two sperm contributed by separate pollen tubes enter a single female gametophyte; one of the sperm fertilizes the egg cell, and the other fertilizes the central cell.
- e. None of the above is correct.
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