A botanist scrapes pollen off a flower of one plant and then uses it to pollinate the flower of another plant. What can be scientifically concluded about their offspring

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Maddison Santiago

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21 October, 21:11

A botanist scrapes pollen off a flower of one plant and then uses it to pollinate the flower of another plant. What can be scientifically concluded about their offspring

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Charlize Hubbard · Answer 1

They will have a large number of genetic variations.

Explanation:

Genetic variations arise due to sexual reproduction or due to the process of meiosis.

Cross-pollination can be described as a process in which the pollen of one flower is transferred to another flower. The pollen when fertilizes the egg in the stigma, will produce offspring with varied genetic characteristics. This will be because the pollen would carry the trait of another flower and the egg of another flower. This will lead to many genetic variations.