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Name the events (i) & (ii) and mention the nature of the nuclear structures formed at the end in the following cases:

(i) male gamete (n) + egg (n) = Zygote (2n)


(ii) male gamete (n) + secondary nucleus (2n) = Endosperm nucleus (3n).


(i) Fusion of male gamete (n) and an egg (n) to form the zygote (2n) is known as fertilization. Nuclear is Haploid that is 2n.

(ii) Fusion of male gamete (n) with the secondary nucleus (2n) to form an endosperm nucleus (3n) is triple fusion. And the nature of nucleus formed in triploid that is 3n.


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