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Why does self-pollination not lead to seed formation in self-incompatible species?
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Solution
Self-incompatibility is a gene-physiological event. A single gene, known as the S-gene, regulates incompatibility reactions and contains many alleles. Pollen grains with the S-allele, which is shared by either of the two alleles in pistil cells, won’t work on that pistil. However, any pollen grain that does not share S-alleles with the pistil will function on that plant’s pistil. Self-pollens are unable to fertilize the egg, preventing the formation of an embryo; hence, seeds do not form in self-incompatible species.
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