Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from  from Biology Sexual Re

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41.

The gametophyte is not an independent, free-living generation in

  • Adiantum

  • Marchantia

  • Pinus

  • Pinus

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42.

Wind pollination is common in 

  • lilies

  • grasses

  • orchids

  • orchids

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43.

Nucellar polyembryony is reported in species of

  • Gossypium

  • Triticum

  • Brassica

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44.

In which one of the following pollination is autogamous?

  • Xenogamy

  • Chasmogamy

  • Cleistogamy

  • Cleistogamy

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45.

In angiosperms, functional megaspore develops into

  • embryo sac

  • ovule

  • endosperm

  • endosperm

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46.

Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from 

  • Synergids

  • maternal sporophytic tissue in ovule

  • antipodal 

  • antipodal 


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maternal sporophytic tissue in ovule

Substitution of usual sexual reproduction by a form of reproduction which does not involve meiosis and syngamy is called apomixis. In Citrus, apomictic embryo arises from diploid cells. (maternal sporophytic tissue) of the ovule occurring outside the embryo sac.

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47.

Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant is called

  • xenogamy

  • geitonogamy

  • karyogamy

  • karyogamy

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48.

Wind pollinated flowers are

  • small, brightly coloured, producing large number of pollen grains

  • small, producing large number of dry pollen grains

  • large, producing abundant nectar and pollen

  • large, producing abundant nectar and pollen

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49.

Synapsis occurs between 

  • a male and female gamete

  • mRNA and ribosomes

  • spindle fibres and centromere

  • spindle fibres and centromere

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50.

Cotyledons and testa are edible parts of 

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  • walnut and tamarind

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