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Assertion: Flowering plants have develop...

Assertion: Flowering plants have developed many out breeding devices to discourage self-pollination and to encourage cross-pollination.
Reason: Continued self-pollination result in inbreeding depression.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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Flowering plants have developed many out breeding devices to discourage self-pollination and to encourage cross-pollination because continued self-pollination result in inbreeding depression.
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