{"id":149941,"date":"2024-03-19T18:05:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=149941"},"modified":"2024-03-19T18:05:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:35:48","slug":"if-the-cells-in-the-leaves-of-a-maize-plant-contain-10-chromosomes-each-write-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/quiz\/if-the-cells-in-the-leaves-of-a-maize-plant-contain-10-chromosomes-each-write-the","title":{"rendered":"If the cells in the leaves of a maize plant contain 10 chromosomes each, write the…"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the cells in the leaves of a maize plant contain 10 chromosomes each, write the number of chromosomes in its endosperm and zygote. Name and explain the process by which an endosperm and a zygote are formed in maize.<\/h2>\n

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Endosperm: Contains 2n chromosomes, where n is the haploid number of chromosomes. If leaf cells have 10 chromosomes each, the endosperm would contain 20 chromosomes.<\/h3>\n

Zygote: Formed by the fusion of a sperm cell and egg cell during fertilization. Contains 2n chromosomes, similar to the endosperm. Therefore, the zygote would also contain 20 chromosomes.<\/h3>\n

Formation of Endosperm: Results from double fertilization where one sperm fuses with the egg cell to form the zygote, while another fuses with two polar nuclei to form a triploid endosperm nucleus (3n). The endosperm undergoes mitotic divisions to support embryo development.<\/h3>\n

Formation of Zygote: Occurs when a sperm cell fertilizes the egg cell within the ovule. This fusion results in a diploid zygote containing a full set of chromosomes from both male and female gametes. The zygote develops into the embryo, leading to the growth of a new maize plant.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the cells in the leaves of a maize plant contain 10 chromosomes each, write the number of chromosomes in its endosperm and zygote. Name and explain the process by which an endosperm and a zygote are formed in maize. Ans. Endosperm: Contains 2n chromosomes, where n is the haploid number of chromosomes. If leaf […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21830,"featured_media":114041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12119],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-149941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quiz"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149942,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149941\/revisions\/149942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}