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Q. In the majority of the flowering plants, female gametophytes having eight nuclei is

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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Female gametophyte: In a majority of flowering plants, one of the megaspores is functional while the other three degenerate. Only the functional megaspore develops into the female gametophyte (embryo sac). This method of embryo sac formation from a single megaspore is termed monosporic development.