Multiple choice

An embryo may sometimes develop from an embryo sac, other than egg. This is called

  1. apospory

  2. partenogenesis

  3. parthenocarpy

  4. apogamy

  5. oogamy

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D Correct answer
Explanation

An embryo may sometimes develop from an embryo sac other than egg. This is called apogamy. It is the development of an embryo without fertilization; especially the development in some ferns of a sporophyte from the gametophyte without fertilization.