what is endosperm what is its importance
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The endosperm is a tissue produced inside the seeds of most of the flowering plants following fertilization. It is triploid in most species. It surrounds the embryo and provides nutrition in the form of starch, though it can also contain oils and protein.
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Endosperm is a structure that surrounds the embryo, and results from double fertilization in angiosperms.
Its main function is to provide nutrition to the embryo.
- During double fertilization in flowering plants, a zygote as well as an endosperm form.
- Two sperm cells are involved in this process in which one of them fuses with the egg cell, resulting in the formation of the zygote whereas the other fuses with the two polar nuclei to form the triploid cell which ultimately forms the endosperm.
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