Give a detailed note on matured Embryo sac.
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A typical mature embryo sac of Angiosperms is a 7-celled and 8-nucleate structure.
(i) At the micropylar end, an egg apparatus is present which consists of an egg cell and 2 synergid cells. Synergids contain filiform apparatus which guides the pollen tube entry into the embryo sac during fertilisation.
(ii) At the chalazal end, three antipodal cells are present.
(iii) In the centre, two polar nuclei are present which get fused prior to fertilisation to form a diploid secondary nucleus.
Hence, 8 nuclei are constituted within 7 cells. Thus, embryo sac is 7-celled and 8-nucleate
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the typically matured embryo sac of an angiosperm consists of two end that are the chalazal end and another one is micropylar end . so eight nuclei are being present in seven cells that's why the embryo sac is called seven celled and eight nucleated.