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NEET 2016
Exam
NEET
Year
2016
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

NEET 2016 · Botany · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Seed formation without fertilization in flowering plants involves...

Seed formation without fertilization in flowering plants involves the process of

Options

  1. ASporulation
  2. BBudding
  3. CSomatic hybridization
  4. DApomixis

Correct answer

D. Apomixis

Step-by-step solution

Apomixis is a special mechanism to produce seeds without fertilization. Apomixis is an asexual mode of seed formation that produces clonal progeny with a maternal genotype. It primarily influences reproductive events in the ovule of the flower.
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