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NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 2001

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                                      Advencive embryony in citrus is due to:                                                                                                               

    A)                 nucellus

    B)                 integuments

    C)                 zygotic embryo

    D)                 fertilized egg

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                             Polyembryony can be defined as formation of more than one embryos within a seed. Antony van Leeuwenhoek first time reported polyembryony in 1719. Nucellar embryony occurs in crassinucellate ovules (e.g., Citrus, Opuntia). On the other hand, integumentary embryony occurs in tenuinucellate ovules (e.g., Euonymus).


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