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What is self-incompatibility ? Why does self-pollination most lead to seed formation in self-incompatible species?

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It is a genetic mechanism and prevents self-pollen (from the same flower or other flower of the same plant) from fertilising the ovules by inhibiting pollen germination or pollen tube growth in the pistil.
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