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In a flower, if the megaspore mother cell forms magaspores without undergoing meiosis and if one of the magaspores develops into an embryo sac, its nuclei would be

A

Haploid

B

Diploid

C

A few haploid and a few diploid

D

With varying ploidy

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B
In a flower if the megaspore mother cells forms megaspore without undergoing meiosis and if one of the megaspore develops into embryo sac its nuclei would be diploid.
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