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Question
Assertion: Apomictic embryos are genetically identical to the parent plant.
Reason: Apomixis is the production of seeds without fertilization.
Options
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is False but R is true.
Solution
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
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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.
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- Production of the embryo from an unfertilised egg.
- Production of seed without syngamy.
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- Production of seed without meiosis.
- Production of seed without mitosis.
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Apomixis
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