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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

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Apomictic embryos in Citrus arise from 

  • Synergids

  • maternal sporophytic tissue in ovule

  • antipodal 

  • diploid egg

Solution

B.

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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