Question
Distinguish between embryo and endosperm found in Angiosperms.
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Answer
Differences between Embryo and Endosperm :
| S.No. | Embryo | Endosperm |
| 1 | It is the product of syngamy. | It is the product of triple fusion. |
| 2 | It is formed fertilized egg. | It develops from primary endosperm nucleus. |
| 3 | It gives birth to new plants. | It only provides nutrition to developing embryo. |
| 4 | It develops and differentiate to produce plumule, cotyledons, radicles. | It does not produce any such structure. |
| 5 | Embryo lies within seed. | Endosperm exists only in endospermic seeds. In nonendospermic seeds, it is consumed completely by developing embryo. |
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