What is pollination? Why is pollination important? How this process influences flowering plant evolution?

Q: How does skunk cabbage heat its inflorescence? What advantages does skunk cabbage derive from this…

A: The skunk cabbage is a flowering plant and is used for several medicinal benefits. The skunk cabbage…

Q: Recently, the moss Physcomitrella patens had been included among the model organisms in…

A: The moss, Physcomitrella patens is a bryophyte. It occupies a key evolutionary position bridging the…

Q: In which of the following plant group the gametophyte is the dominant generation? Group of answer…

A: Gametophyte generation is the life cycle of the haploid stage or the stage of the gametes. The…

Q: In wild columbine, flower morphology encourages crosspollination. However, during the middle of the…

A: Pollination is referred to as a process of transferring the pollen grains of flower from its male…

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of wind pollination? What are the advantages and…

A: Step 1 Both the male gamete and female gamete are non-motile. Fertilization can occur only when the…

Q: What evolutionary advantages do seed provide over spores? What was early gymnosperm ecology like?…

A: Bryophytes and pterophytes, like gymnosperms and angiosperms, have a life cycle marked by the…

Q: What is the evolutionary significance of pollen and seeds?

A: Pollens are male gametophyte of plant that are differentiated into animal pole containing male…

Q: And some plants as stigma becomes receptive to Polin able to facilitate a pollen tube at a different…

A: When stigma and anther mature at different time then this phenomenon is called DICHOGAMY. In this…

Q: What is the mechanism of pollination in gymnosperms and how the size and presence of wings on each…

A: Since you have asked multiple parts of the same question, we are eligible to answer only the first…

Q: In pitcher plants, the leaves terminate with a pitcher-like structure. What special function does…

A: Carnivorous plants Plants that can eat insects and/or small animals. They eat insects and other…

Q: Select the proper evolutionary order of appearance of these key traits of plants: A flowers, seeds,…

A: Evolution is a continuous process and we are still evolving. Evolution is nothing but adapting to…

Q: Based on the diversity of forms in fruits, what is the primary function of the fruit?

A: Fruits are found in many diverse forms. The primary functions of the fruit are:  Protection of the…

Q: Why is seed dispersal important in the life of plants? What would be the consequences of having…

A: Anatomy and physiology are the branches of biology, anatomy deals with the study of the structure of…

Q: The rapid turgor movements of the sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica) are rare in the Plant Kingdom. If…

A: Mimosa pudica is a plant species that have evolved a special mechanism to protect itself from…

Q: Bougainvillea, Sunflower, and hibiscus are Perfect or imperfect? If imperfect, specific type of…

A: Flower with four principal parts namely sepal, petal, pistil or stamen is known as a complete…

Q: Plants are classified into three types based on water availability in its habitat. What are these…

A: On basis of water availability plants are classified into three types- 1. Floating 2. submerged 3.…

Q: Which of the following are adaptations for reproduction in dry environments? - seeds and pollen -…

A: There are many adaptation in plants that grow in dry environments. These adaptations are necessary…

Q: How does natural selection influence seed size?

A: natural selection influence seed size

Q: Most wind-pollinated flowering plants have inconspicuous, non-fragrant flowers. How might nature be…

A: Pollination means transferring pollen grains from one plant to the other to the stigma part of the…

Q: What is the evolutionary function of the color and natural sweetness of fruits like apples

A: In nature, nothing happens out of place or for no reason. Hence, it is understood the development of…

Q: A slight change in a plant species’ flower structure might favor a different pollinator. How might…

A: Pollination is the process by which the pollens are transferred from the anther (male) to the stigma…

Q: Why is seed dispersal important in the life of plants? What would be the consequences of having…

A: Seed dispersal can be defined as the movement, of seed away from plant. Plants don't have much…

Q: Angiosperms (flower-bearing) plants developed after gymnosperms (cone-bearing) plants during the…

A: Angiosperms are flower-bearing plants and are found almost everywhere. They play an important role…

Q: s our development like that of a seedling gradually growing into an acacia tree? Or is it more like…

A: Development is defined as the process of growth. Development involves various processes such as cell…

Q: Look at the image  Describe the color and texture of each part of the plants and indicate the…

A: Answer: A flower is an angiosperm which has sexual mode of reproduction and has a stamen (male…

Q: What is the adaptive advantage or evolutionary advantage being conferred on a plant whose stems are…

A: Tropism in plants refers to the type of biological response where the plants move or grow towards or…

Q: Most wind pollinated flowering plants have incospicuous non-fragrant flowers. How might nature be…

A: Pollination means transferring pollen grains from one plant to the other to the stigma part of the…

Q: Which of the following best explains the function of sepals during flower formation? to receive…

A: BASIC INFORMATION  FLOWER It is considered as the reproductive part of the plant. It helps in…

Q: Which of the following were key innovations that allowed plants to survive on land and not dry out?…

A: Introduction Plants are mostly photosynthetic eukaryotes belonging to the Plantae kingdom.…

Q: Plants have indeterminate growth growth that doesn t stop at a particular age. What limits the…

A: Plant cells are eukaryotic cells that have a genuine nucleus, and other progressive membrane-bound…

Q: What are the advantages and disadvantages of self and cross pollination?

A: To ensure their viability and generation of species, the plants go through various modes of…

Q: How do plants cope with their sedentary lives? How and why they can exhibit plasticity in develop

A: The sedentary lifestyle of most plants may contribute to is tendency . While animals have evolved…

Q: What is the evolutionary advantage for a flowering plant to be pollinated with pollen from a…

A: Pollination is the process by which the pollen grain comes to the stigma and then the process of…

Q: Are gymnosperms heterosporous or homosporous?  Explain what this means.  What are the evolutionary…

A: Gymnosperms are vascular seed plants. In gymnosperms, the ovules remain exposed and are not enclosed…

Q: What is the evolutionary trend in the alternation of generation in plants? Elaborate on the adaptive…

A: The trend in the alternation of generation is that  in the algae , bryophyta, these are the…

Q: Bases Wind-pollinated seed vascular plants Animal-pollinated seed vascular plants. a. pollination…

A: Reproduction  The process by which organisms produce new organisms.

Q: What is the relationship between pollination and fertilization in flowering plants? Select one: a.…

A: Pollination brings gametophytes together so that fertilization can occur.

Q: What are phase changes in plant development?

A: Plant growth and development is the progression from earlier to later stages in maturation. e.g a…

Q: How can the morphology of flowers, fruits, and seeds possibly affect the population, diversity, and…

A: The morphology of flowers, fruits, and seeds always affect the population, diversity, and…

Q: How do plants reproduce through sexual means? Asexual means? What are the advantages and…

A: Plant reproduction is the development of new offspring that can be achieved through sexual or…

Q: What are the differences between “lignophytes” and “progymnosperms”? What is their significance in…

A: The evolution of plants has resulted in a broad range of complexity, from the earliest algal mats,…

Q: Flowers are complex and beautiful structures that are highly variable among plant species, differing…

A: Higher plants on the planet are classified majorly based on their ability to produce flowers, and…

Q: Why hasn’t natural selection favored native (wild) apples to be as large and sweet as those…

A: Charles Darwin was an English Biologist, who was famous for his book 'The Origin of Species" in…

Q: Why do you think plant reproductive biology is important in the improvement of crop plants? Explain…

A: Plant reproductive biology is the study of the mechanisms and processes of sexual and asexual…

Q: Does closing of the leaves of the Makahiya plant once touched considered as thigmotropism? Why or…

A: Thigmotropism is directional  plant growth movement where particular part of  plant body move or…