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Agriculture · Q863

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 863

Q863

When embryo originates from unfertilized egg, is known as

A.
Parthenogenesis
Answer
B.
Parthenocarpy
C.
Apomixis
D.
Polygamy

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
When an embryo originates from an unfertilized egg, is known as Parthenogenesis.
It is a natural form of asexual reproduction in which the growth and development of embryos occur in a gamete (egg or sperm) without combining with another gamete.
In plants, parthenogenesis is a component process of apomixis. In algae, parthenogenesis can mean the development of an embryo from either an individual sperm or an individual egg.