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Apomixis
Reproduction (as apogamy or parthenogenesis) involving specialized generative tissues but not dependent on fertilization.
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Apomixis
Citrus trees and many other species of angiosperms use their seeds as a method of asexual reproduction; a process called apomixis.
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See also microspecies under apomixis, for species that reproduce without meiosis or mitosis so that each generation is genetically identical to the previous generation.
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