What is meant by polyembryony?
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If in a single seed there are many embryos are found then it is known as polyembryony.
Some information about polyembryony are:-
* It was first seen by Leeuwenhoek in Citrus i.e. orange seeds.
* Polyembryony is generally found in
Gymnosperms but it is also found in some of angiospermic plants as well like in orange, lemon and Nicotiana etc.
* Adventive embryony also comes under polyembryony in which additional number of embryos are formed from the nucellus or from the integuments.
❤️Polyembryony, a condition in which two or more embryos develop from a single fertilized egg, forming what in humans is known as identical twins. A common phenomenon in many plant and animal species, polyembryony occurs regularly in the nine-banded armadillo, which usually gives birth to four identical young...❤️
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