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Chapter 40.3, Problem 1CS
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To determine: The way by which pollen tube of plants acts like a human penis.
Introduction: A flower contains four whorls: sepals, petals, androecium and gynoecium. The female reproductive part is represented by Gynoecium or pistil. The structure of pistil is differentiated into three parts: stigma, style, and ovary.
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