Question
Mention two strategies evolved to prevent self-pollination in flowers.
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Answer
Self-pollination introduces new useful characters seldomly and also causes in breeding depresson (i.e. vigour and vitability of races decreases). Plants, therefore evolved strategies to prevent self-pollination such as unisexuality, dichogamy, self-incompatibility, herkogamy, heterostyly etc.
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