In the flowering plant world, reproduction means an intricate succession ... picking up signals along the way that reveal the location of an ovule. Blocking signals prevent polytubey—the fertilization ...

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You might think flowers don't have much choice about who they mate with, given they are rooted to the ground and can't move.

then passes along the pollen tube and joins with the nucleus of the ovule (the female gamete). This process is called fertilisation. Radicle The young root that will become the adult plant below ...