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Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI12002870

Offsets are produced by

  • Meiotic divisions

  • Mitotic divisions

  • Parthenogenesis

  • Parthenocarpy

Solution

B.

Mitotic divisions

Offset is a vegetative part of a plant, formed by mitosis.
– Meiotic divisions do not occur in somatic cells.
– Parthenogenesis is the formation of an embryo from ovum or egg without fertilisation.
– Parthenocarpy is the fruit formed without fertilisation, (generally seedless).