NEET Biology question
A dandelion produces seeds without meiosis or fertilization. The adult sporophyte forms diploid, rather than haploid, megaspores that develop into ovules containing diploid, rather than haploid, nuclei. One of the nuclei in each ovule becomes an egg and develops directly, without fertilization, into an embryo that is genetically identical to its parent. This type of reproduction is called:
Answer: (A)
Solution
Since seeds are produced without meiosis or fertilisation, with the diploid egg developing directly into an embryo genetically identical to the parent, this is apomixis (specifically diplospory, a
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