JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2004

  • question_answer
    Double fertilization means:

    A)  fusion of nucleus of male gamete with the egg nucleus

    B)  fusion of two polar nuclei

    C)  fusion of sperm nucleus with secondary nucleus

    D)  fusion of one sperm nucleus with nucleus and fusion of other sperm nucleus with secondary nucleus

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Double fertilization was first observed by Nawaschin (1892) in Lilium and Fritillaria and conformed by Guignard. It is characteristic of angiosperms. In double fertilization first fertilization is normal and second, as it involves three nuclei is known as triple fusion.


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