Reproduction in Flowering Plants:

ASEXUAL: *DNA is identical to the parent (clones)

Plants use this method naturally, they have
developed special structures for asexual “propagation.”
*Bulbs, rhizomes, tubers, corms, runners are all
structures that can form new plants identical to the parent.

SEXUAL: *DNA from male (sperm) and female (egg) is

recombined to produce offspring genetically different
than the parents.
*Flowers developed as the sexual structures
in flowering plants.
*Egg and sperm come together (egg is fertilized)
to produce seeds.
 Stigma
Style
Anther

Filament Ovary
Parts of a flower:
Stamen: Male part
Anther: produces pollen (sperm)
Filament: positions anther
Pistil: Female part
Stigma: traps pollen (sperm)
Style: positions stigma
Ovary: produces egg cells, develops
into fruit
Egg cells: get fertilized by sperm-
develops into seeds
 Poppy:

Lily: unopened bud

 Sexual Reproduction:
Pollination: “Pollen landing on the stigma of a pistil”
The first step in the development of seed.

Reason for Pollination methods:

1. Sperm must travel to the egg (Pistil) of a flower
2. Plants’ movement is limited
3. Must use other methods to move pollen

Methods:
Animal
Wind
Adaptations for Animal Pollination:

1. Size and Colors of petals:

Colors: ie: Red attracts hummingbirds
White flowers that open at night- moths
Patterns that reflect UV light- patterns to
show insects where to land.
Patterns that resemble female insects
2. Fragrance
Sweet: Attracts animals that like sugar (bees)
Rotten: Attracts animals that like rotting meat (flies)
3. Nectar
Reward for pollination- sugar water
Animal
Pollination

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio303/coevolution.htm
 How some bees see flowers:
Regular wavelengths UV patterns
This orchid mimics a female wasp. It also releases
chemicals that resemble the smell of a female wasp.

When male wasps

come to “mate”
with this fake female,
they pollinate the
flowers
Adaptations for Wind Pollination:
1. Lack of petals:
Energy is not spent on producing petals
2. Lack of Fragrance
Energy is not spent on producing these chemicals
3. Lack of Nectar
Energy is not spent on producing sugars
4. Lots of pollen:
Only by chance that pollen lands on the stigma,
produce lots of pollen to increase odds of success
5. Modification of stigma.
Large, Feathery, Sticky- all to increase chance
of catching pollen.
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio303/coevolution.htm

Wind
Pollination

http://www.systbot.unizh.ch/institut/persone
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 How would these flowers be pollinated?

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How would these flowers be pollinated?

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The next steps in SEX and seed production:
1. Development of nuclei in ovule (egg cell)
2. Formation of the pollen tube.
3. Fertilization
The pistil
Review the female
parts of a flower:

Note: the “embryo sac” is

inside the ovule

http://www.jburroughs.org/science/resources/flower/pollination.html
How did the embryo sac get so many nuclei?
2. Egg Cell Preparation for Fertilization
Cell division creates multiple nuclei
in the ovule (egg cell)

http://www.jburroughs.org/science/resources/flower/ovulediagrams.html
 Egg cell in ovule
Polar nuclei
in
ovule
Pollination:
Pollen (orange)
lands on the stigma

The “tube nucleus”(green) helps make

enzymes that digest a “tunnel”
through the style (yellow).
The next steps in seed production:
1. Pollen tube development
2. Development of nuclei in ovule(egg cell)
3. Fertilization

2. Pollen tube development:

1. Development of pollen tube down through
the style.
2. Pollen tube is “digested” by enzymes made
by the ‘tube nucleus’ from the pollen grain.
3. Pollen tube forms all the way to the
ovule (egg cell) in the ovary.
4. Sperm nuclei (two of them) follow the tube
nucleus down the pollen tube.
 Tunnel (yellow) forms all the way
down to the ovule

Besides the tube nucleus,

the pollen grain also
has TWO sperm nuclei-
Tube nucleus which move down the
(green). “tunnel to the ovule
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/Angiosperm.html#flower
The next steps in seed production:

3. Fertilization
1. One sperm fertilizes the egg to form the nucleus
2. The second sperm fertilizes two polar nuclei to
form a 3n (triploid) cell.
 Removed Ovule

One sperm cell fuses with

the two haploid polar nuclei
to form a triploid (3n) cell. (yellow)

This cell divides many times

to form a tissue called the
The other sperm
“endosperm”. This will be
nucleus fuses with
the food for the embryo.
the egg cell (green) in the
ovule to form a
diploid (2n) cell which will
grow into the embryo.

The ovule will now develop into a mature seed

 Parts of the mature seed:

Seed coat
Endosperm and
cotyledon
Parts of the Embryo:
Epicotyl

Review on line sources:

Radical
http://www-plb.ucdavis.edu/labs/rost/Rice/Reproduction/flower/fertiliz.html

http://www.backyardnature.net/frt_mult.htm
 From flower to fruit (and seed):
How is the flower below pollinated?

Two flowers fused together

http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/fruit-devel.htm Ovaries swell after fertilization
1 2

3 4
 MONOCOT seed:

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/Angiosperm.html#flower
 DICOT seed:

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/A/Angiosperm.html#flower
Seed Dispersal:
Methods to move seeds- why do plants
need to move seeds?

Methods:
1. Wind:
Feathers or wings
2. Water:
Air pockets or floats (bladder)
3. Animals:
Sticky or burrs
Edible fruit
4. Mechanical:
Pod explodes- shooting seeds out
Overview:

Seed Dispersal
Methods:
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 Animals:

“Hitchhikers”

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/cockle4b.gif
Animals:

Edibles
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 Animals:

Edibles

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Mechanical
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Water
Germination: Seeds break dormancy
and begin to grow

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/BOT410/Angiosperm/Seeds/LegGermSdlingBIODMod.jpg
 Factors that affect Germination:

Water: Enough water- too much will block out oxygen

and allow rotting pathogens to attack the seed.

Temperature: Warm temperatures generally speed up

reactions by speeding up molecular motion.

Light: Species specific- some need exposure to light.

some will not germinate while exposed to light.

Scarification: Scaring or cracking the seed coat to

allow water to move into the seed.
 Factors that affect Germination:

Stratification: A series of absorbing water followed

by exposure low temperature followed by
warm temperatures.

Fire: Breaks open seed coat allowing water in.