EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2008

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    Identify the characters with reference to the plant in which eight nucleated embryo sac was first studied by Strasburger.
    i. Micropyle, chalaza and funiculus are arranged in the same vertical line in the ovule
    ii. Presence of both unisexual and bisexual flowers in the same plant
    iii. Filiform apparatus helps in conduction of food materials from endosperm to egg apparatus
    iv. Long funiculus coils like a watch spring around the ovule

    A)  i, iv                                       

    B)  ii, iii

    C)  i, ii                                         

    D)  iii, iv

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Strasburger (1879) first time described Polygonum type of embryo sac in Polygonum divaricum. Orthotropous ovule is found in Polygonum. It is the simplest and primitive type in which micropyle , chalaza and funiculus lie in one vertical plane.


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