Cross-pollination
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Title
Cross-pollination
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Definition
Pollination of flowers with pollen from a flower of the same species but from another plant.
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Notes
Cross-pollination precedes and is separate from fertilization which is the union of a sperm cell with an egg that results in the production of an embryo.
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