Question

An egg cell of a plant is contained in an .......... present in an ovary

Answer 1

Explanation:

Upon pollination, a pollen tube delivers sperm into the gametophyte and one sperm nucleus fuses with the egg nucleus. The resulting zygote develops into an embryo inside the ovule. The ovule, in turn, develops into a seed and in many cases, the plant ovary develops into a fruit to facilitate the dispersal of the seeds.

Egg apparatus: structure at the micropylar end of the embryo sac in seed plants, consisting of the egg cell and usually two synergid cells. Embryo sac: the female gametophyte of a flowering plant, which develops within the ovule, protected by the nucellus and the integuments of the ovule.