A hypothetical dye stains sporophyte tissue blue and gametophyte tissue red. What would a researcher most likely observe if a section through the center of a seed was stained with this dye?

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A seed consists of an embryo (sporophyte), surrounded by nutritive tissue (gametophyte in some plants like gymnosperms, or derived from sporophyte in angiosperms), and an outer seed coat (sporophyte). The embryo (sporophyte) would stain blue, the nutritive tissue (if considered as gametophyte or gametophyte-derived) would stain red, and the seed coat (sporophyte) would also stain blue, resulting in a blue center, surrounded by red, inside a blue exterior.

A Hypothetical Dye Stains Sporophyte Tissue Blue and Gametophyte Tissue