alleryStart learning →Continued self-pollination over generations results in
Agreater hybrid vigour
Binbreeding depression
Coutbreeding gain
Dapomictic seeds
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. inbreeding depression
Repeated selfing lowers vigour and fertility, so plants evolved outbreeding devices.
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