TWO PRODUCTS. “The receptive synergid cell degenerates following this interaction, whereas the other synergid cell persists. After their ejection from the pollen tube, the two sperm cells stay immobile between the two female gametes for several minutes and subsequently fuse with the egg and central cells, respectively. These two fusion events give rise to the embryo and to the endosperm, respectively, and the process is therefore termed double fertilization.”
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms5722?WT.ec_id=NCOMMS-20140829
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022