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BIOL-1407-078 Lab Exam 2

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In a flower, the anther is where the pollen is produced.  In order to fertilize the egg, the pollen must land on the [ Select ] stigma ovary stamen style of a carpel, then grow a pollen tube down the [ Select ] stigma stamen ovary style until it reaches the [ Select ] style ovary stigma stamen where the [ Select ] seeds pollen grains ovaries ovules are located.  Inside the pollen tube are two [ Select ] egg polar sperm seed nuclei.  One fertilizes the egg to produce a [ Select ] diploid endosperm diploid ovule haploid zygote diploid zygote , the other fertilizes two [ Select ] pollen grains eggs polar nuclei ovules to produce the triploid endosperm .  The ovary will then ripen into a [ Select ] fruit carpel zygote cotyledon containing seeds. 

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In this question, we are asked to fill in the blanks of a sequence describing the steps of flowering plant fertilization and fruit development. The overall flow goes from pollen landing, to pollen tube growth, to fertilization, and finally to fruit formation. Each blank should be matched with the term that best completes the described stage. First blank reasoning: where must the pollen land to initiate fertilization? The statement says the pollen must land on the [Select]. The classic site for pollen landing and subsequent pollen tube initiation is the stigma, which is the tip of the pistil and receives airborne or pollinator-delivered pollen. If pollen landed on the wrong floral organ (s......Login to view full explanation

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