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Which of the following is the correct sequence of events of sexual reproduction in a flower?
(a) pollination, fertilisation, seed, embryo
(b) seed, embryo, fertilisation, pollination
(c) pollination, fertilisation, embryo, seed
(d) embryo, seed, pollination, fertilisation
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Solution
(c) pollination, fertilisation, embryo, seed
The pollens are transferred to the stigma by pollination, the gametes then fuse and under go fertilisation to form the zygote which develops into an embryo and, then, into a seed.
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