Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from

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1.Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

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Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from

synergids

maternal sporophytic tissue in ovule

antipodal cells

diploid egg.

(AIPMT-2010)

Solution

(b) : Apomixis is abnormal kind of sexual reproduction in which egg or other cells associated with egg (synergids, antipodals, etc.) develop into embryo without fertilization and meiosis. Development of embryos directly from sporophytic tissues like nucellus and integuments is called adventive embryony which is also a type of apoximis. $E.g.$, Citrus, mango.

Standard 12

Biology

Presence of many embryos (Polyembryony) is a characteristic feature of

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(AIPMT-1995)

Select the correct statement from the following :

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$A$ : Hybrid seeds have to be produced every year because seeds collected from hybrid plants, if sown
subsequently, do not maintain hybrid characters.
$R$ : Hybrid seeds show segregation of traits.

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Despite high level of heterozygosity, the progeny derived from seed of a cross pollinated plant was found to be completely uniform. One reason for this may the phenomenon of

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Seed formation without fertilisation in flowering plants involves the process of

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(NEET-2016)

Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from

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Presence of many embryos (Polyembryony) is a characteristic feature of

Select the correct statement from the following :

$A$ : Hybrid seeds have to be produced every year because seeds collected from hybrid plants, if sown subsequently, do not maintain hybrid characters. $R$ : Hybrid seeds show segregation of traits.

Despite high level of heterozygosity, the progeny derived from seed of a cross pollinated plant was found to be completely uniform. One reason for this may the phenomenon of

Seed formation without fertilisation in flowering plants involves the process of

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$A$ : Hybrid seeds have to be produced every year because seeds collected from hybrid plants, if sown
subsequently, do not maintain hybrid characters.
$R$ : Hybrid seeds show segregation of traits.