Seed formation without fertilization in flowering plants involves the process of

Seed formation without fertilization in flowering plants involves the process of
  1. Sporulation
  2. Budding
  3. Somatic hybridization
  4. Apomixis

Solution

Apomixis is a special mechanism to produce seeds without fertilization. Apomixis is an asexual mode of seed formation that produces clonal progeny with a maternal genotype. It primarily influences reproductive events in the ovule of the flower.

Asked in: NEET 2016 (Phase 1)

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