Across
- 4. mating of an individual with itself, does not result in new genetic diversity (two words)
- 5. in alternation of generations, the generation that is haploid and produces the gametes
- 8. in alternation of generations, the generation that is diploid and produces spores
- 9. a plant sexual system in which both male and females occur on the same plant, separately
- 11. stolons, rhizomes, bulbs, and suckers, are ways in which plants reproduce __________, rather than sexually
- 12. phenomenon in which plant axillary meristems are usually dormant while the shoot apical meristem is intact (two words)
Down
- 1. an inflorescence which has a fixed number of flowers, with the terminal flower normally opening first
- 2. the prevention of self-fertilization or mating between individuals due to some sort of recognition system (two words)
- 3. a mating system in which different individuals in a population have styles and stigmas of different lengths
- 4. in plant life cycle, the products of meiosis
- 6. a plant sexual system in which some plants have male flowers, and some plants have female flowers, and thus two plants are required in order to reproduce sexually
- 7. an inforescence without a fixed number of flowers, and which flowers normally open from the bottom or outside of the inflorescence
- 10. the avoidance of mating among relatives, promotes new genetic diversity
