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Chapter 38
Question | Answer |
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When a microsporocyte undergoes meiosis, four ____ microspores are formed | haploid |
The ability of a plant to reject its own pollen and sometimes the pollen of closed related individuals | Self-Incompatibility |
The union of two sperms cells with different nuclei of the embryo sac | Double fertilization |
Formed when one of the two sperm fertilizes the egg | Zygote |
Formed when one of the two sperm combines with two polar nuclei | Endosperm |
The zygote formed in double fertilization is: | Diploid |
The endosperm formed as a result of double fertilization is: | Triploid |
Develops into a seed | Ovule |
Develops into a fruiting enclosing the seed | Ovary |
Cell that gives rise to most of the embryo, after the first transverse mitotic | Terminal |
Cell resulting from the first transverse mitotic division that produces a suspensor, which anchors the embryo to its parent | Basal |
The embryonic axis located below the point at which the cotyledons are attached | hypocotyle |
The embryonic root, the first structure to emerge upon germination | Radicle |
A sheath in the embryo of a grass seed that covers the young shoot | Coleoptile |
A sheath in the embryo of a grass seed that covers the young root | Coleorhiza |
A type of fruiting that results from a single flower that has more than one separate carpel, each forming a small fruit. | Aggregate |
A type of fruit that develops from many carpels from many different flowers | multiple |
A condition of extremely low metabolic rate and suspension of growth that a seed may enter as it matures and dehydrates | dormancy |
Asexual reproduction of seeds, production of seeds without pollination or fertilization | apomixis |