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What is syngamy?


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Syngamy:

  1. Syngamy is also referred to as fertilization.
  2. In this, the union or fusion of two gametes takes place to form a zygote.
  3. In plants, the pollen tube which arises from the stigma (after the arrival of pollen) carries male gametes, one of them fuses with the egg resulting in the formation of a zygote.

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