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Apomixis and Polyembryony

Question

Apomixis is

Easy

A

a special mechanism to produced seed without fertilization.
B

a special mechanism to produced seed with fertilization.
C

a type of sexual reproduction.
D

a special mechanism to produce parthenocarpic fruits.

Solution

Although seeds, in general are the products of fertilisation, a few flowering plants such as some species of Asteraceae and grasses, have evolved a special mechanism, to produce seeds without fertilisation, called apomixis. Thus, apomixis is a form of asexual reproduction that mimics sexual reproduction.

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