NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The product of sexual reproduction are seeds. Seeds produced through fertilization contain genetic material from both parents. As a result, the offspring are not genetically identical to either of the parent plants. This genetic diversity can help them survive if the environment changes.

Detailed explanation-2: -WITHIN flowering plants (angiosperms), reproduction through seeds occurs by sexual and surprisingly, by asexual pathways. The former generates variation, while asexual seed reproduction (apomixis) produces genetically identical progeny.

Detailed explanation-3: -The process is called fertilisation. Seeds: Formed by fusion of gametes. Post-fertilisation, i.e., after the fusion of gametes, the ovules mature into seeds that enclose the growing embryo within themselves that can give rise to a new plant.

Detailed explanation-4: -In asexual reproduction, there is no formation and fusion of male and female gametes. Here, plants give rise to new plants without seeds. On the other hand, sexual reproduction involves formation and fusion of gametes. Here, new plants are obtained from seeds.

Detailed explanation-5: -After fertilisation, a tiny plant called an embryo is formed inside a seed. The seed protects the embryo and stores food for it. The parent plant disperses or releases the seed. If the seed lands where the conditions are right, the embryo germinates and grows into a new plant.