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MHT CET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 1. Reproduction in Lower and Higher Plants

Given below are two statements.
Statement I: Self incompatibility is a device that prevents outbreeding.
Statement II: Self incompatibility is a genetic mechanism due to which germination of pollen on the stigma of the same flower is inhibited.
In the light of above two statements choose the correct answer from options given below.

  1. A Both statement I and statement II are correct
  2. B Both statement I and statement II are incorrect
  3. C Statement I is correct but statement II are incorrect
  4. D Statement I is incorrect but statement II are correct.
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Answer & Solution

Correct Answer

(D) Statement I is incorrect but statement II are correct.

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Detailed explanation

Self-incompatibility prevents inbreeding