Question

What is Apogamy?

Options

• Formation of a diploid gametophyte from a sporophyte cell without meiosis

• Fusion of male and female gametes

• Formation of an embryo from diploid sporophytic cells of the ovule

• Formation of an embryo from a gametophyte cell without fertilisation

Answer 1

Apogamy is the formation of an embryo from a gametophyte cell without fertilisation. Haploid Apogamy specifically involves other haploid cells of the gametophyte, not the egg.