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(a) When a seed of an orange is squeez...

(a) When a seed of an orange is squeezed , many embryos , instead of one are observed . Explain how it is possble.
(b) Are these embryos genetically similar or different ? Comment.

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(i) In some species , the diploid egg cell is formed without reduction division and develops embryos without fertilization . The nucellar cell (in orange) surrounding the embryo sac start dividing , into the embrayo sac develop into the embryos.
(ii) These embryos are genetically similar as produced nucellar cell by mitotic division.
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