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Do you think parthenocarpy and apomixis are different process. Justify ?

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The formation fruit from the ovary without the act of fertilization is called parthenocarpy. A method of reproduction which does not involve union of male female gemetes is called apomixis.
Thus apomixis and parthenocarpy are asexual modes of reproduction.
(i) But Apomixis refers to formation of seeds without fertillization. Whereas parthenocarpy refers to formation of fruits without fertilization.
In Apomixis, the megaspore mother cell does not indergo mieosis or cell from the nucellus develops into the embryo.
In parthenocary, the ovary becomes a fruit without fertilization and thus fruits are seedless.
Thus Apomixis and parthenocarpy are different processes.
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