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BotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsPre-fertilisation Structures and EventsEasy2 minPYQ_2020
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If an angiospermic male plant is a diploid and female plant tetraploid, the ploidy level of endosperm will be

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Solution:

The male gamete will be haploid (n). Two polar nuclei will be diploid (2n). Endosperm formed by the fusion of male gamete with two polar nuclei will be pentaploid.

Male gamete n + 2 Polar nuclei 2 n + 2 n ⟶ Endosperm 5 n

Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:BotanyTopic:Sexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsSubtopic:Pre-fertilisation Structures and Events
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