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Who discovered double fertilization?  (a) Robert Hooke 

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Who discovered double fertilization? 

(a) Robert Hooke 

(b) Strasburger 

(c) Nawaschin 

(d) Leeuwenhoek

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The answer is (c) Nawaschin

  • Double fertilization was discovered by Nawaschin in Fritillaria and Lilium in the year 1898. 
  • During double fertilization, the fusion of one sperm with the egg cell forms the embryo and that of the other sperm with a polar nucleus gives rise to the endosperm.
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