(a) "Farmers prefer apomictic seeds to hybrid seeds." Justify giving two reasons.

Hybrid seeds show segregation of characters in the progeny, production of

hybrid seeds are expensive / apomictic seeds would be cheaper if produced , hybrid seeds have to be produced every year, apomictic seeds brings homozygosity / apomictic seeds retain desirable characterstics of plants.

Advantage – used to diagnose any chromosomal abnormality or genetic

disorder such as down syndrome, haemophilia,sickle cell anemia in foetus , determine survivability of foetus .

Disadvantage – used to determine the sex of the foetus which may lead to female foeticide.