For a typical flowering plant, the first cell of the triploid (3n) endosperm is formed from ____

a. one sperm fused with two antipodal cells
b. two sperm fused with the egg
c. one sperm fused with the synergid
d. one sperm fused with the endosperm mother cell
e. two sperm fused with a synergid


ANSWER: d

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