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| - the fusion of gametes, which results in diploid zygotes, which divides by mitosis to form new sporophytes |
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| - Modified leaf in angiosperms that helps enclose and protect a flower bud before it opens |
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- modified leaf of a flowering plant
- have often colorful parts of a flower that help attract the flowers to insects and others for pollination |
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- male part of flower
- pollen producing reproductive organ of flower which consist of the filament and anther |
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- female part of flower
- the ovule-producing reproductive organ of a flower that consists of the stigma, style, & ovary |
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| - The base of the flower; the part of the stem that is the site of attachment of the floral organs |
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- male reproductive part
- where pollen grains containing sperm producing male gametophytes form |
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- female part in flower
- the portion of the carpel where the egg containing ovules develop |
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- female part on flower (carpel)
- the stalk of flower's carpel with the ovary at the base & stigma on the top |
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- female part on flower (carpel)
- sticky, where the pollen attaches itself too |
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- Female part on flower (carpel)
- the structure that develops within the ovary and contains the female gametophyte |
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| - a flower that has all four basic floral organs: sepals, petals, stamens, & carpels |
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| - a flower in which one or more of the basic 4 floral organs (sepals, petals, stamens, carpel) are absent or non-funtional |
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- wind
- bees
- moths/butterflies
- flies
- birds/bats |
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- when one sperm fertilizes the egg, forming a diploid zygote. the Other sperm fuses with the two nuclei in the large cell.
- in this type of DF, in which one fertilization event produces a zygote and the other produces a triploid cell is unique angiosperms |
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| - the physical absorption of water on to the internal surfaces of the strucuture |
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