Question

Name the component cells of the ‘egg apparatus’ in an embryo sac. NCERT Class XII Biology - Main Course Book Chapter 2. Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Answer 1

One egg cell (female gamets) and two synergids

Answer 2

Cells of the ‘egg apparatus’ are group of 3 cells in 7-celled embryo sac of angiosperm which is the flowering plant that mainly consists of the egg cell as well as 2 cells are called as synergids.

Egg apparatus are located at end of embryo sac in much more efficient manner.