Fertilisation and Development Quiz

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What is the process of fusion of gametes to give rise to a new individual organism or offspring called?

  • Insemination
  • Impregnation
  • Syngamy
  • Generative fertilisation (correct)

What is the term used for the fusion of the haploid male gamete with two haploid polar nuclei in angiosperms?

  • Impregnation
  • Vegetative fertilisation (correct)
  • Double fertilisation
  • Syngamy

Who first observed a therian mammalian egg for the first time?

  • Aristotle
  • Spallanzani
  • Oscar Hertwig
  • von Baer (correct)

What did Spallanzani establish the need for in the formation of a zygote in frogs?

<p>Interaction between female's ovum and male's sperm (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process is sometimes informally referred to as fertilisation but is technically separate from it?

<p>Pollination (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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