Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Flower Ovary

This is a picture of an apple. An apple is the ovary of a plant. An ovary of a plant contains ovules. Through meiosis, eggs develop in the ovules. When a flower is pollinated, two sperm cells travel into these ovules. One sperm cell fertilizes the egg, while the other becomes a food source. As the ovary matures, it turns into a fruit, such as this apple, and the ovules turn into seeds. So, when you eat an apple, you are eating the mature ovary of an apple flower.

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