Ristipölyttyviä
Ristipölyttyviä refers to a botanical phenomenon where pollination occurs between different individual plants of the same species. This is in contrast to self-pollination, where pollen from an anther fertilizes the ovule of the same flower or another flower on the same plant. Cross-pollination is a crucial process for genetic diversity within a species, as it introduces new gene combinations.
For cross-pollination to be successful, several mechanisms are often involved. Many plants have developed strategies to
The genetic variation introduced by cross-pollination can lead to offspring with enhanced adaptability to environmental changes,