Biology (MindTap Course List)
Biology (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337392938
Author: Eldra Solomon, Charles Martin, Diana W. Martin, Linda R. Berg
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 37.6, Problem 2C
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To explain: The adaptive advantage of sexual reproduction.

Concept introduction: Flower is a reproductive part of a modified thick shoot of an angiosperm plant. For creating offspring for the next generation, plants undergo the sexual reproduction though transferring pollen grains from the male anther to the female stigma either in the same flower or in a different flower.

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To determine: The reason why sexual reproduction is considered costly.

Concept introduction: Asexual reproduction is a common mode of reproduction found in plants in which a single parent can give rise to the offspring. In such mode of reproduction, a part of the plant becomes separated from the parent and grows into a genetically identical plant through mitosis. Certain plant parts such as stem, root, leaf, and buds are specifically modified for asexual reproduction.

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