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प्रश्न
Why does endosperm development preceeds that of zygote ?
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उत्तर
The endosperm develops before the embryo because the cells of the endosperm provide nutrition to the developing embryo.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Describe the development of endosperm after double fertilisation in an angiosperm.
Draw a labelled mature stage of a dicotyledonous embryo.
Endosperm of angiosperm is __________.
(A) haploid
(B) diploid
(C) triploid
(D) tetraploid
Identify the CORRECT statement/s from the following.
i. In post-fertilization changes within the ovule, the development of embryo is followed by the development of endosperm.
ii. Helobial endosperm is intermediate between cellular and nuclear type endosperm.
iii. Helobial endosperm is mostly observed in 72 families of dicots.
In angiosperms, triple fusion is required for the formation of ______.
If an angiospermic male plant is diploid and female plant tetraploid, the ploidy level of endosperm will be ______.
Coconut water contains:
The type of evolution where the central part is occupied by free nuclear and the peripheral part by cells is observed in ______.
The diagram given below shows the three types of endosperms in angiosperms.
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| Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 |
- Identify the three types of endosperms shown above.
- Name the type of endosperm which commonly occurs in polypetalous dicots.
The number of chromosomes in the leaf cells of a male plant is 40 and in the stem cells of a female plant is 60. If they are artificially hybridised, what will be the number of chromosomes in the endosperm?



