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If the endosperm cells of an angiosperm seed are pentaploid, then such a seed may have been formed by which of the following parents?
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Diploid male and tetraploid female.
If more than two sets of chromosomes are present then that condition is called polyploidy. The correct answer should be B because diploid male undergo meiosis and give rise to haploid male gamete(n). Similarly, the tetraploid female gamete undergoes meiosis that also gives rise to gametes (2n). These female gametes ( polar nuclei) fuse with a male gamete that gives rise to pentaploid endosperm.
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