NEET 2011 · Class 12

Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Filiform apparatus is a characteristic feature of

  1. (A)suspensor
  2. (B)egg
  3. (C)synergids
  4. (D)zygote

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The synergids have special cellular thickenings at the micropylar tip called filiform apparatus, which play an important role in guiding the pollen tubes into the synergid.

Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
Section
1.2.2 The Pistil, Megasporangium (ovule) and Embryo sac
Page
10
Words matched
26 of 26

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that synergids have filiform apparatus, which directly answers the MCQ and distinguishes synergids from the other options.

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