Question

Vegetatively propagated plants

• A. Show adaptive variations
• B. Better fitted in the struggle for existence
• C. Stouter than parents
• D. Clone of their parent

Answer 1

The correct option is D Clone of their parent

Vegetatively propagated plants are the clone of their own parents because of the following reasons:

1) Fusion of gametes does not take place in vegetative propagation so there is no chance of recombination and variation.

2) The parent cell divides to form daughter cell by mitosis due to which the offsprings are genetically identical to the parent.

3) The offspring produced are clones of their parent and have the same number of chromosomes.

So, the correct answer is option D.