Fertilisation Plants
Fertilisation Plants
Fertilisation Plants
• Zygote
• When the nuclei of the gametes fuse
– Contain the normal number of chromosomes as adult cell
– Diploid(2n)
Process -Sexual
reproduction in plants
1. pollen lands on stigma
2. Pollen tube forms
3. The male nucleus (ONLY) travels down the style
4. Enters the ovary
5. Enters the ovule (female nucleus is located)
6. Fusion of the nuclei, zygote forms
7. Zygote develops into an embryo
8. Ovule becomes the seed
9. Petals, stamen, sepals, wither away
Once pollination occurs a tube grows from the
pollen grain down through the style to the ovule
stigma
style
carpel
ovary
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ovule animation
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production-sexual-and-asexual-flash-cards
Aspect Asexual Reproduction Sexual Reproduction
Slower due to the need
Rapid, allowing quick for pollination,
Speed of Reproduction population growth fertilization, and seed
production
Low, no need for High, requires energy
Energy Requirement flowers, pollinators, or for gamete production,
seeds flowers, and pollination
High, offspring have
None, offspring are
Genetic Diversity genetic variation from
clones of the parent
two parents
High, can produce Generally fewer
Number of Offspring many offspring in a offspring produced per
short time reproductive cycle
Asexual
Aspect Sexual Reproduction
Reproduction
Traits vary, which can
Successful traits are
be beneficial or
Survival of Traits preserved across
harmful depending
generations
on the environment
High, rapid
reproduction can Lower, due dispersal
Risk of Overcrowding lead to overcrowding of seeds and fruits
and competition
Better long-term
Limited, vulnerable to survival, thanks to
Long-Term Survival extinction if genetic variation and
conditions change adaptability
Asexual
Aspect Reproduction Sexual Reproduction
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