Question

What is a benefit of self incompatibility?

Answer 1

Self-incompatibility:

1. A phenomenon in angiosperms that prevents self-fertilization or inbreeding is known as self-incompatibility.
2. Self-incompatibility prevents pollens to fertilize the flowers of the same pant.
3. In the case of self-incompatibility, no seed formation takes place.

Benefits of self-incompatibility:

1. Self-incompatibility helps to prevent self-pollination.
2. Self-incompatibility favors cross-pollination.
3. Self-incompatibility controls asexual reproduction in plants.