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Sexual reproduction is the type of reproduction that involves two different parents that belong to the opposite sex. In plants, sexual reproduction occurs in flowering plants.
The pollen grains and ovules by themselves cannot travel from one place to another. There are other factors such as wind, water, or animals that enable the pollen grains to travel to reach the stigma of the same or another flower. The process by which pollen grains are transferred from the anthers of one flower to the stigma of the same or another flower is known as pollination.
Once the pollen grain carrying the male gamete reaches the stigma of the same or different flower, it is transported downwards via a pollen tube that arises from the pollen grain to reach the ovary. The ovary is present at the base of the flower and is lobed. These lobes contain the ovules carrying the female gamete.
The male gamete from the pollen now fuses with the female gamete in the ovule to form a zygote. This zygote undergoes cell division to form an embryo. Once the embryo starts developing, the ovary develops into the fruit, the other structures like the calyx and corolla fall off. The embryo becomes the seed which has the potential to give rise to a new plant.
Sexual reproduction in flowering plants involves the production of male and female gametes, the transfer of the male gametes to the female ovules in a process called pollination. After pollination occurs, fertilization happens and the ovules grow into seeds within a fruit.