Saturday, November 14, 2009

How does pollination contribute to the changing of colors in flowers?

I know that artificial selection is breeding. But what about pollination?

How does pollination contribute to the changing of colors in flowers?
Artificial selection is, of course, when we choose to let certain plants that have desirable qualities, i.e. flower color, breed, so that their offspring will hopefully have those desired qualities.





Pollination is when an animal, usually an insect, lands on a flower that catches its eye, and drinks the nectar. The flower's pollen will rub off on the animal, and the animal will fly to another flower, which will receive the pollen, thus fertilizing it. So, the more attractive animals find a flower, the more times it will get fertilized or have its pollen distributed.





So, through the process of pollination, natural selection makes flowers appear the way they do because they are best at attracting insects or other animals.
Reply:Example a male flower is pink, a female flower is white. The flower can either be pink, white or a mixture.


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