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Write the role of synergids, polar nuclei and antipodal cells.

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  • Synergids play some role in guiding entry of pollen tube into embryo sac in close vicinity of an egg cell. 
  • The two polar nuclei fuse to form a secondary nucleus or definitive nucleus which after an act of double fertilization forms triploid nutritive tissue called endosperm. 
  • The antipodal cells play some role in regulating the act of fertilization and double fertilization, but how, is not yet clearly understood.

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