If the diploid number of a flowering plant is 36. What would be the chromosome number in its endosperm  (a) 36  (b) 18 (c) 54 (d) 72 Eduinfy.com
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 If the diploid number of a flowering plant is 36. What would be the chromosome number in its endosperm  (a) 36  (b) 18 (c) 54 (d) 72

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Ans. (c) 54
Endosperm is formed after fusion between a haploid male gamete and diploid secondary nucleus. Thus, endosperm has triploid nucleus; which will have three times the number of chromosomes as in a haploid nucleus. 

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