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Question
The disadvantage of parthenogenesis is:
A. Means reproduction
B. Elimination of variety in population
C. Establishment of polyploid generation
D. Does not encourage the appearance of new and advantageous combinations of genes
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B. Elimination of variety in population
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The female gamete undergoes development to form new organisms without fertilisation. This phenomenon is called parthenogenesis.
Advantage |
Disadvantage |
- Parthenogenesis is a simple means of reproduction.
- The species multiplies very fast through parthenogenesis.
- It encourages the characters or genes originated by mutation to remain as such because the genes do not segregate by crossing over as there is no meiosis.
- It supports the chromosome theory of sex determination.
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Parthenogenesis is tends to eliminate variation in a population |
References
Industrial Psychology By Dr. M.C. Bhatnagar and Dr. Geeta Bansal, Page no: 44.
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