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In an angiosperm process called ______, one sperm nucleus fertilizes an egg and the other sperm nucleus fertilizes a pair of nuclei in the female gametophyte, forming the triploid endosperm.Multiple choice question.self-pollinationdouble fertilizationbasal fertilizationcross-pollination

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In an angiosperm process called ______, one sperm nucleus fertilizes an egg and the other sperm nucleus fertilizes a pair of nuclei in the female gametophyte, forming the triploid endosperm.Multiple choice question.self-pollinationdouble fertilizationbasal fertilizationcross-pollination

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The correct answer is double fertilization. In angiosperms, the process where one sperm nucleus fertilizes an egg and the other sperm nucleus fertilizes a pair of nuclei in the female gametophyte, forming the triploid endosperm, is called double fertilization.

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