Which of these statements is true about the gametophyte tissue that surrounds the pine embryo?
a) It functions as a diploid food reserve.
b) It develops from the fusion of a microspore and a megaspore.
c) It functions as a haploid food reserve.
d) It functions as a triploid food reserve.
e) It is the remnant of the pollen tube.
Ans: c) It functions as a haploid food reserve.
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