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Darwin (1876) had advocated that the process of sexual reproduction is the most important process in the life cycle of plants. Based on Darwin’s theory of evolution, Michurin revealed the positive effects of “mixed pollination” for making distant hybrids (from “I.V.Michurin Selected Works”, 1950). So far, several studies have been done on gametophytic selection and its efficacy for producing evolutionary change in plants (Mulcahy et al., 1975, Schlichting et al., 1987, Knox et al., 1990).
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Namai, H., Ohsawa, R. (1992). Evidence for Non-random Seed Setting of Ovules in the Pod of the Cruciferous Plants Brassica juncea and Raphanus sativus . In: Ottaviano, E., Gorla, M.S., Mulcahy, D.L., Mulcahy, G.B. (eds) Angiosperm Pollen and Ovules. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2958-2_70
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