Question

Identify the wrong statement
A) Plants produced vegetatively or asexually are called clones
B) Organism exhibiting external fertilization release a large number of gametes
C) Development of embryo from fertilized female gamete is called parthenogenesis
D) Conidia are formed in alternaria

Answer 1

Hint: Have you ever wondered how many plants and animals are living on the earth for millions of years, there must be some process among living organisms that makes this happen and continues for this long time. The answer to this question is reproduction.

Complete answer:
To answer this specific question we first need to understand what reproduction is. Reproduction is the process to recreate or reproduce the young ones to maintain the generation of particular species. It is a natural cycle by which a living being imitates an offspring who is genetically similar. Reproduction empowers and guarantees the progression of species, generation by generation. Reproduction can be sexual and asexual. In asexual reproduction a single individual is capable of producing offspring, these offspring are an exact copy of their parents. Examples of asexual reproduction are plants, binary fission in amoeba, budding in yeast, etc. In sexual reproduction male and female individuals require the formation of gametes, which we already know will fuse and create the embryo. Examples of sexual reproduction are animals, plants, insects, etc. But is there any way that an organism can be produced without fertilization? Indeed, parthenogenesis is a sort of reproduction where an egg can form into an incipient organism without contact with the male gamete. The female gamete is produced by normal meiosis and it is haploid. Parthenogenesis is a type of asexual reproduction. Examples of asexual reproduction are banana. Banana is a parthenocarpic fruit. Another example of parthenogenesis is honey bees. In honey bees, unfertilized eggs normally develop into haploid males by parthenogenesis. These unfertilized eggs are produced by the queen for the production of males.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C)

Note: Parthenogenetic offspring usually have diploid chromosomes. Examples of the parthenogenetic organism are some plants and some invertebrate animal species. Fruits that develop without fertilization are called parthenocarpic fruit.