NEET 2011 Biology question

What is common between vegetative reproduction and Apomixis

(1)Both are applicable to only dicot plants
(2)Both bypass the flowering phase
(3)Both occur round the year
(4)Both produces progeny identical to the parentCorrect

Answer: (4)

Solution

Vegetative reproduction (by runners, tubers, bulbs, etc.) and apomixis (seed formation without fertilisation, e.g. from unreduced egg or nucellar cells) are both asexual: no gamete fusion/meiotic recombination occurs, so the offspring are

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