Reproduction in Organisms Question 1

1. Offsets are produced by [2018]

(a) Meiotic divisions

(b) Mitotic divisions

(c) Parthenogenesis

(d) Parthenocarpy

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Answer : b

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(b) An offset is a small, virtually complete daughter plant that has been naturally and asexually produced on the mother plant. They are clones, meaning that they are genetically identical to the mother plant. Offset is a vegetative part of a plant, formed by mitosis.