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Development of an organism from female gamete/egg without involving fertilization is

1. Adventitive embryony
2. Polyembryony
3. Parthenocarpy
4. Parthenogenesis

Correct answer: Parthenogenesis

Solution

Parthenogenesis is the development of an organism from an egg or female gamete without fertilization. The other choices refer to different processes: parthenocarpy is seedless fruit formation, polyembryony is formation of multiple embryos, and adventive embryony is embryo formation from somatic tissues.

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