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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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Chapter 45, Problem 2FIB
In a flowering plant, the male gametophyte is the __________. It is formed in the __________ of a flower. Pollination occurs when pollen lands on the __________ of a flower of the same plant species. The pollen grain grows a tube through the __________ of the carpel to the ovary at the base of the carpel. The tube enters an ovule through an opening in the __________ of the ovule.
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