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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 1. Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

The embryo sac of an angiosperm is made up of

  1. A 8 cells
  2. B 7 cells and 8 nuclei
  3. C 8 nuclei
  4. D 8 cells and 7 nuclei
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(B) 7 cells and 8 nuclei

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(B) 7 cells and 8 nuclei,
The embryo sac of an angiosperm has 7 cells, which include the egg cell, two synergids, three antipodal cells, and one central cell. The total number of nuclei is 8, as the central cell contains two nuclei (polar nuclei).