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Who discovered fertilization in angiospermic plants for the first time?

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Important Questions on Reproduction in Organisms

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Extrusion of second polar body from egg nucleus occurs
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Which is the most common mechanism of genetic variation in the population of sexually-reproducing organism?
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Which of the following animal is not viviparous?
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Which one of the following generates new genetic combinations leading to variation?
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Consider the following (a to f)

a. All annuals

b. Few biennials

c. All biennials

d. Few perennials

e. Perennials mostly

f. Monocarpic plants

Find correct option w.r.t. plants showing clear-cut vegetative, reproductive and senescent phases.
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Which of the following is a post-fertilisation event in flowering plants?
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Offspring formed by sexual reproduction exhibit more variation than those formed by asexual reproduction because:
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Which of the following situations correctly describe the similarity between an angiosperm egg and a human egg?
(i) Eggs of both are formed only once in a lifetime.
(ii) Both the angiosperm egg and human egg are stationary.
(iii) Both the angiosperm egg and human egg are mobile.
(iv) Syngamy in both results in the formation of zygote.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
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A few statements describing certain features of reproduction are given below:
(i) Gametic fusion takes place.
(ii) Transfer of genetic material takes place.
(iii) Reduction division takes place.
(iv) Progeny have some resemblance with parents.
Select the options that are true for both asexual and sexual reproduction from the options given below:
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Isogametes means the gametes which 
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Fertilisation is internal in Spirogyra. Where would you get zygospores, if 3 filaments are conjugating by scalariform conjugation?
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A few statements with regard to sexual reproduction are given below.
(i) Sexual reproduction does not always require two individuals
(ii) Sexual reproduction generally involves gametic fusion
(iii) Meiosis never occurs during sexual reproduction
(iv) External fertilisation is a rule during sexual reproduction

Choose the correct statements from the options below.

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Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the bracket.

The type of fertilization that takes place in birds is called _____. (external fertilization, internal fertilization)

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ll organisms have to pass through a particular phase before they can reproduce sexually. What do we call this phase?
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The term ‘clone’ cannot be applied to offspring formed by sexual reproduction because: