What is the term for a plant that can reproduce without fertilization?
Correct Answer: Apomictic plants
- Step 1: Understand that plants usually reproduce by fertilization, where pollen from one plant fertilizes the ovule of another.
- Step 2: Learn that some plants can reproduce without this fertilization process.
- Step 3: Know that the term for this type of reproduction is 'apomixis'.
- Step 4: Realize that apomictic plants produce seeds that are clones of the parent plant, meaning they are genetically identical.
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