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Author: Martha R. Taylor
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Chapter 38, Problem 13TYK
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Introduction: Coevolution is defined as the evolution of certain reciprocal adaptations among the interacting species. For example, the natural selection sometimes favors traits which increase the flower-pollinator mutualism. In flower-pollinator mutualism, the nectar is provided by flowers to specific insects and the insects effectively pick up the pollen and then transfers the pollen to other plants.
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Under which of the following conditions would pollen from an S2S5 plant successfully pollinate an S1S5 flower?
a. Using pollen from a carpelate flower to fertilize a staminate flower would be successful.
b. If the plants used gametophytic self-incompatibility, half of the pollen would be successful.
c. If the plants used sporophytic self-incompatibility, half of the pollen would be successful.
d. Pollen from an S2S5 plant can never pollinate an S1S5 flower.
The process of _______________ in flowering plants involves one sperm cell fusing with an egg cell and one sperm cell fusing with two polar nuclei. (a) coevolution (b) germination (c) double fertilization (d) apomixis (e) pollination
Suppose that 100 pollen grains land on a stigma, and 50 mature seeds are formed in the fruit. What does this indicate about the pollination process and success?
A) 100% success: 100 pollen grains grew to 50 ovules, two to each, and double fertilization occurred.
B) 100% success: Only 50% of the pollen grains germinated, but each produced 2 sperms to complete double fertilization in 50 seeds.
C) 50% success: 50 sperm fertilized 50 eggs, and 50 sperm fused with 50 polar nuclei.
D) 50% success: 50 sperm fertilized 50 eggs, and 50 sperm fused with 100 polar nuclei.
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