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In a flower, if the megaspore mother cell forms megaspores without undergoing meiosis and if one of the megaspores develops into an embryo sac, its nuclei would be:

In a flower, if the megaspore mother cell forms megaspores without undergoing meiosis and if one of the megaspores develops into an embryo sac, its nuclei would be diploid in nature. The embryo sac is formed by mitotic divisions.


Haploid cells are formed during sexual reproduction when cell will undergo meiosis.


Therefore, the correct answer is option (b).

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