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Question
Are pollination and fertilization necessary in apomixis?
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Solution
In apomixis, the embryo is formed without the formation of gametes and fertilization. Thus, pollination and fertilization are not necessary for apomixis.
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Explain various categories of apomixis.
Identify the CORRECT statements with respect to non-recurrent apomixis.
i. Plants produced by this method are generally sterile and do not reproduce sexually.
ii. In this, megaspore mother cell undergoes usual meiotic division and a haploid embryo sac is formed.
______ refers to the formation of seeds without fertilization.
Identify the CORRECT term which describes the following condition.
In some plants, the female gamete develops into embryo without fertilization.
Assertion: Apomictic embryos are genetically identical to the parent plant.
Reason: Apomixis is the production of seeds without fertilization.
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- Production of the embryo from an unfertilised egg.
- Production of seed without syngamy.
- Production of fruit without fertilisation.
- Production of seed without meiosis.
- Production of seed without mitosis.
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Haploid cells belong to ______.
Explain following term:
Apomixis
What is the importance of apomixis?
Who coined the term Apomixis?
Apomixis was classified by whom?
In recurrent apomixis, the nuclei of the embryo sac are of which ploidy?
Which two sub-categories exist under Agamospermy in recurrent apomixis?
What happens to the megaspore mother cell (MMC) in Apospory?
Adventive embryos developing alongside the normal zygotic embryo give rise to what?
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