In angiosperms, double fertilization

A. must happen to the pollen, forming the male gametophyte, and also to the egg, forming the female gametophyte.
B. happens in the eudicot group of plants with two cotyledons.
C. is a pairing of fertilization events, with one forming the sporophyte and the other forming the gametophyte.
D. results in the diploid zygote, and the triploid endosperm.
E. produces the four microspores in the male, and the four megaspores in the female.



D. results in the diploid zygote, and the triploid endosperm.

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