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Author Question: What is the difference between pollination and fertilization in flowering plants (Read 701 times)

curlz

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on: Aug 14, 2013
What is the difference between pollination and fertilization in flowering plants?
A) Fertilization precedes pollination.
B) Pollination easily occurs between plants of different species, whereas fertilization is within a species.
C) Pollen is formed within megasporangia so that male and female gametes are near each other.
D) Pollination is the transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma. Fertilization is the fusion of haploid nuclei.
E) If fertilization occurs, pollination is unnecessary.


Celeste

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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2013
I know it's D,

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