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Q. Mosaic endosperm is found in

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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When endosperm has different colouration, tissue and ploidy, i.e., there is lack of uniformity in tissue, it is called mosaic endosperm. In maize there is patches of two colours, outer part of endosperm is proteinaceous, inner is starchy. The endosperm is mosaic endosperm.