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Reproduction In Organisms

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Assertion: In some species of asteraceae and poaceae seeds are formed without fertilization.

Reason: Formation of fruit without fertilization is called parthenocarpy.

  • If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

  • If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

  • If assertion is true but reason is false

  • If both assertion and reason are false.

Solution

B.

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion

Formation of seeds without fertilization is called apomixis. It leads to clonal reproduction in which all offsprings are by and large genetically identical to the parent. The egg contains a full complement of genes and does not need to fuse with a sperm to produce a zygote. Apomixis provides for the perpetuation of traits favourable to individual survival but eliminates the longer-term evolutionary advantage of biparental inheritance. In Asteraceae, various genera and individual species of the order asterales are known to reproduce by apomixis (the setting of seeds without fertilization), either completely or in addition to normal sexual means.

In poaceae about 35 genera produce seeds without fertilization. On the other hand, parthenocarpy is development of fruits without fertilization. The fruit resembles a normally produced fruit but is seedless, e.g. pineapple, banana, cucumber, grape, orange, grapefruit etc.

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