Recent Research Has Shown That Fertilization Requires That Carpels Recognize

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Multiple Choice

Recent research has shown that fertilization requires that carpels recognize pollen grains as "self or nonself." For self-incompatibility, the system requires

• A) the rejection of nonself cells.
• B) the rejection of self cells.
• C) carpel incompatibility with the egg cells.
• D) that the flowers be incomplete.
• E) the union of genetically identical sperm and egg cells.

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