The ways by which fully fertile apomictic plants can be obtained. Introduction: Apomixis may be defined as the development of the seeds in the plant without the occurrence of the sexual reproduction. The events of fertilization and meiosis do not take place and the maternal ovular tissues form the embryo.

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The ways by which fully fertile apomictic plants can be obtained.

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Apomixis may be defined as the development of the seeds in the plant without the occurrence of the sexual reproduction. The events of fertilization and meiosis do not take place and the maternal ovular tissues form the embryo.

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