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Name the parts of an angiosperm flower in which development of male and female gametophyte take place.

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The male gametophyte or the pollen grain develops inside the pollen chamber of the anther, whereas the female gametophyte (also known as the embryo sac) develops inside the nucellus of the ovule from the functional megaspore.
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