Question

Common between vegetative reproduction and apomixis is

• A. Both applicable to dicots
• B. Both bypass flowering phase
• C. Both occur around the year
• D. Both produce progeny identical to parent

Answer 1

The correct option is D Both produce progeny identical to parent

The progeny produced by the vegetative reproduction and apomixis are identical to their parents as the process of fusion of gametes do not take place so there is no recombination of characters. The offsprings are produced by mitosis.

Apomixis is a mode of asexual reproduction. The development of plants takes place without fusion of gametes. It is a powerful tool which fixes heterosis. The developed seeds are maternal clones. The somatic cell directly forms aposporous initial cells which forms embryo and finally develops into seed. In some cases, the megaspore mother cell directly forms the embryo sac and develops into the seed.

Vegetative propagation is the method of propagation of plant by vegetative parts of the plant.

So, the correct answer is option D.