Pollination is the process by which pollen from the male anthers is transferred to the female reproductive organs of a plant, thereby enabling fertilization to take place.
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Are self pollinated plants genetically different?
Gametes in pollen grain are formed during meiosis in the anther. And meiosis produces genetically different gametes. When the pollens grains are carried to the stigma to fertilise the egg cell of the different/same flower from the same plant,…
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Why are monarch butterflies attracted to particular flowers but not others?
I have a "Purple Emperor Butterfly Bush" (Buddleia davidii 'Purple Emperor') and sure enough it does attract butterflies.
I have seen monarch butterflies using it, which confuses me, because I thought that monarch butterflies only fed from…
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