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ISBN: 9781938168116

Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Publisher: OpenStax College

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The process of sexual reproduction in flowering plants is known as angiosperm reproduction. In flowering plants, reproduction begins with pollination, or the transfer of male gametes (pollen) from the male reproductive organ (anther) to the female reprod…

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Pollination is an example of ________.

a. a possible source of new drugs

b. chemical diversity

c. an ecosystem service

d. crop pest control

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