Question

Assertion: In apomixis, plants of new genetic variation are produced.
Reason: In apomixis, reductional division takes place.

• A. Both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
• B. Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
• C. Assertion is true but the reason is false
• D. Both assertion and reason are false

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both assertion and reason are false

Apomixis is a special mechanism to produce seeds without fertilisation. This is the formation of a new individual through asexual reproduction without involving syngamy and meiosis. Apomixis can be considered as a form of asexual reproduction that mimics sexual reproduction but do not follow the reductional division of gametes as well as there is no syngamy like sexual reproduction. This is an asexual mode, so the progeny formed are identical to their parent as there is no reductional division/ meiosis, nor intermixing of genes. Hence there is no variation among the offspring and parent.