You Are Studying a Plant from the Amazon That Shows

question 12

Multiple Choice

You are studying a plant from the Amazon that shows strong self-incompatibility. To characterize this reproductive mechanism, you would look for

• A)ribonuclease (RNAase)activity in stigma cells.
• B)RNA in the plants.
• C)pollen grains with very thick walls.
• D)carpels that cannot produce eggs by meiosis.
• E)systems of wind, but not insect, pollination.

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