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Make a list of any three outbreeding devices that flowering plants have developed and explain how they help to encourage cross-pollination.
List any three outbreeding devices that flowering plants have developed for cross-pollination and explain how they help to encourage cross-pollination.
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Solution
- Dichogamy: Flowers are unisexual, so self-pollination is not possible. The plants may be monoecious, bearing both male and female flowers (e.g. maize), or dioecious, bearing male and female flowers on separate plants (e.g. mulberry, papaya).
- Prepotency: Pollen grains of another flower germinate more rapidly on the stigma than pollen grains of the same flower. Examples of this include apples and grapes.
- Self-sterility (Self-incompatibility): Pollen grains of a flower do not germinate on the stigma of the same flower because of the presence of similar self-sterile genes. Examples of this include tobacco, potatoes, and crucifers.
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