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Seed formation without fertilization in flowering plants involves the process of
BiologySexual Reproduction in Flowering PlantsNEETNEET 2016 (Phase 1)
Options:
  • A Sporulation
  • B Budding
  • C Somatic hybridization
  • D Apomixis
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Apomixis
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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