What is NOT true regarding synergid cells?

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They are maternal cells

They possess filiform apparatus

Pollen tube enters into it

They are fertilized by sperm

answer is D.

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Synergids are not fertilized by sperm. 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. One of the male gametes fuses with the egg cell.

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