Multiple choice

Endosperm of angiospermic plant is:

  1. triploid

  2. diploid

  3. haploid

  4. tetraploid

  5. none of the above

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Explanation

One sperm fertilises the egg cell and the other fertilises the central cell. The resulting embryo and endosperm are genetically identical except for ploidy level: the embryo is diploid and the endosperm is triploid.