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Are these embryos genetically similar or different ? Comment.

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The embryos are genetically similar or identical to each other. The fruit of orange is an example of polyembryony. The egg is fertilized and leads to the formation of multiple embryos. This phenomenon is known as polyembryony. There are many embryos produced from the single fertilized egg of ovule by the process of mitosis. The genetic material in all the embryos is same.

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