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Consider the following statements regarding double fertilization and choose the correct answer:
1. At the time of the sperm's approach to the egg nucleus, the male nucleus has the appearance of a continuous thread rolled into a ball
2. It is only the presence of the two nucleoli which serves to distinguish the fertilized egg from the unfertilized egg
3. Finally, the male nucleolus increases in size and fuses with the female nucleolus thus closing the phenomenon of sexual union of the nuclei
4. The fusion of the male gamete with the secondary nucleus results in the formation of a sister embryo

A. Only 1, 2 and 3 are true

B. Only 2, 3 and 4 are true

C. Only 1, 3 and 4 are true

D. Only 1, 2 and 4 are true

Answer: Option A


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