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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI12047102

The plant part which consists of two generations, one within the other, is

  • genninated pollen grain

  • embryo

  • unfertilized ovule

  • seed

Solution

D.

seed

Seed develops from an ovule (consisting integument and nucellus) or megasporangium. Parts of ovule develop a haploid megaspore which grow into haploid female gametophyte. This female gametophyte develops an egg or oospore. The latter is fertilized by a male gamete and develops into a zygote (2n). The zygote develops into an embryo or new sporophyte. The embryo (2n) is surrounded by the female gametophyte (n), the latter by seed coat (2n). In this way, seed contains three generations locked one within another. Of these, two generations occur within embryo.