Sexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsHard
Question
Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from
Options
A.synergids
B.maternal sporophytic tissue in ovule
C.antipodal cell
D.diploid egg
Solution
Substituition of usual sexual reproduction by a form of reproduction which does not involves meiosis and syngamy is called apomixis. In Citrus apomictic embryos arise from diploid cells (maternal sporophytic tissue) of the ovule occurring outside the embryo sac.
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