Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Reproduction

Reproduction in plants can be both sexual or asexual. Asexual reproduction splits the cell of the plant into two separate identical cells. Sexual reproduction copies half the DNA from two plants to create a new plant. Plants reproduce through pollination. Cone (or stamen cone) release pollen to be fertilized. The other cone is an ovulating cone which will be fertilized by the pollen if the wind is right or sexual reproduction occurs. Below is a diagram of pollination:

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