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Question:
What is common between vegetative reproduction and apomixis?
Both bypass the flowering plants.
Both occur round the year.
Both are applicable to only dicot plants.
Both produces progeny identical to the parent.
Solution:
Vegetative propagation is the production of the new plant from the vegetative part of the parent plant. In this process, progeny that produces is identical to the parent as there is no recombination of genetic material. Whereas apomixis is the process of production of new plants or seeds without fertilization. In the fertilization process, the recombination of genetic material takes place. As in apomixis, there is no fertilization so no recombination also and hence produces identical progenies. Thus, the correct answer is option D.