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Why is fertilization in flowering plants called double fertilization?
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two cells in the ovule are fertilized, the egg and the endosperm mother cell
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it takes the efforts of two flowers (male and female) to produce seeds
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two ovules must be fertilized to form a single seed
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one pollen grain fertilizes two ovules
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it takes two pollen grains to fertilize a single ovule
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