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Genetic self-incompatibility tends to increase

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Hint: Self-incompatibility would not allow a related pollen to fertilize the female gamete.

The embryo of a grass seed is enclosed by two protective sheaths, a(n) _________, which covers the young shoot, and a(n) __________, which covers the young root.

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Read page 36, XII NCERT

The intine of the pollen grain is a:

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Read page 23, XII NCERT

Female flowers remain submerged in water and the pollen grains are released inside the water in:

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Read page 29, XII NCERT

Scientists are trying to transfer apomictic genes into hybrid varieties of several of our food and vegetable crops so that:

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Read page 39, XII NCERT

Which of the following is the most common abiotic pollinating agent?

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Read page 29, XII NCERT

Amongst the abiotic agents, 98% is by wind.

The ovule of an angiosperm is technically equivalent to

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The ovule of an angiosperm is technically equivalent to a megasporangium, which is the structure that produces megaspores through meiosis. The megaspore further develops into the female gametophyte, while the ovule develops into the seed after fertilization.

Which one of the following may require pollinators, but is genetically similar to autogamy?

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Geitonogamy is functionally cross pollination but genetically it is autogamy because in geitonogamy the pollens come from the same plant.

Flowers, which have single ovule in the ovary and are packed into inflorescence are usually pollinated by

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The flowers with packed inflorescence and single ovary are air pollinated. These flower have pollen grains produced in large numbers, which are light weighted, sometimes winged, e.g. cereals and grasses.

Functional megaspore in an angiosperm develops into

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In angiosperms, functional megaspore develops into an embryo sac. The functional megaspore is the first cell of female gametophyte.

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