NEETBotanySexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
What happens in some species when the diploid egg cell is formed without reduction division?
Options
- AIt develops into the embryo without fertilisation
- BIt undergoes hybridization
- CIt forms multiple embryos
- DIt produces seeds through asexual means
Correct answer
A. It develops into the embryo without fertilisation
Step-by-step 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. What is fruit production without fertilisation called? Thus, apomixis is a form of asexual reproduction that mimics sexual reproduction. There are several ways of development of apomictic seeds. In some species, the diploid egg cell is formed without reduction division and develops into the embr