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During double fertilization, what is made when a sperm cell combines with the polar nuclei

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The endosperm is formed

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double fertilization, in flowering plantreproduction, the fusion of the egg and sperm and the simultaneous fusion of a second sperm and two polar nuclei that ultimately results in the formation of the endosperm (the food-storage tissue) of the seed. This is called double fertilization because the true fertilization (fusion of a sperm with an egg) is accompanied by another fusion process (that of a sperm with the polar nuclei) that resembles fertilization. Double fertilization of this type is unique to flowering plants (angiosperms) and is responsible for the formation of both the embryo and its potential food source in the seed.

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