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NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: The female gamete moves towards the two polar nuclei located in the central cell and fuses with them to produce a triploid primary endosperm nucleus (PEN) Reason: The zygote develops into an embryo while the primary endosperm cell develops into an embryo

Options

  1. ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
  2. BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
  3. CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
  4. DBoth Assertion and Reason are false

Correct answer

D. Both Assertion and Reason are false

Step-by-step solution

The 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). The primary endosperm cell develops into the endosperm while the zygote develops into an embryo

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