Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the process of double fertilisation in angiosperms?

  1. Double fertilisation is a complex fertilisation mechanism.

  2. One sperm fertilises the egg cell and the other sperm combines with single polar nucleus of the megagametophyte.

  3. The large cell of the gametophyte develops into the endosperm.

  4. The ovary develops into the fruit.

  5. The maternal contribution to the genetic constitution of the triploid endosperm is double that of the embryo.
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Explanation

One sperm fertilises the egg cell and the other sperm combines with the two polar nuclei of the large central cell of the megagametophyte.

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