What is self-incompatibility?
(N/A) Self-incompatibility is a genetic mechanism in flowering plants that prevents self-pollination. It functions by inhibiting pollen germination or the growth of the pollen tube within the pistil,thereby preventing the fertilization of ovules by pollen from the same flower or another flower on the same plant.
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