This page discusses how outbreeding enhances genetic variability in plants, which face challenges from self-fertilization. It outlines strategies like dioecy and monoecy and explains two self-incompat...This page discusses how outbreeding enhances genetic variability in plants, which face challenges from self-fertilization. It outlines strategies like dioecy and monoecy and explains two self-incompatibility types: sporophytic (SSI), influenced by the sporophyte's genotype, and gametophytic (GSI), determined by a single pollen allele. Additionally, it notes that some angiosperms have adapted to self-pollination by modifying their incompatibility mechanisms and floral structures.
