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CAPE Biology Unit 1 · 2008 (Rest of Region) · Paper 1 · Question Q37

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events that follows the fertilisation of a flower of an endospermous plant?

  1. (A)A male gamete fuses with the diploid nucleus to form a zygote; the pollen tube nucleus fuses with the ovum to form endosperm.
  2. (B)A male gamete fuses with the diploid nucleus to form endosperm; the pollen tube nucleus fuses with the ovum to form a zygote.
  3. (C)The pollen tube nucleus fuses with the diploid nucleus to form endosperm; a male gamete fuses with the ovum to form a zygote.
  4. (D)A male gamete fuses with the diploid nucleus to form endosperm; a male gamete fuses with the ovum to form a zygote.

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