Precision Pollination (IMAGE)

Brown University

Precision Pollination

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Flowers make certain that gamete fusion has successfully occurred before other pollen are repelled. That allows the process of fertilization to continue if the first pollen grain turns out to have been a dud.

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Mike Cohea/Brown University

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