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Most plants reproduce sexually through seeds. A zygote is formed by fusion of reduced female and male gametes (amphimixis) and develops into an embryo. Plants of some species reproduce through seeds having an embryo which is formed without reduction of the chromosome number and fertilization. Such vegetative or asexual reproduction by means of seeds is called apomixis.

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den Nijs, A.P.M., van Dijk, G.E. (1993). Apomixis. In: Hayward, M.D., Bosemark, N.O., Romagosa, I., Cerezo, M. (eds) Plant Breeding. Plant Breeding Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1524-7_16

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