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Aside from defects in the seed the environment that the seed finds itself in has much to do with it. Soil, water, sunlight and temperature must be with tolerable limits for a seed to germinate.

Ultimate, evolutionary, reasons have to do with the fact that many organisms have an R strategy where many potential progeny are propagated because only a few will survive under the conditions they may live in.

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