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Question
What is self-incompatibility?
Solution
Self-incompatibility is a genetic mechanism in angiosperms that prevents self-pollination. It develops genetic incompatibility between individuals of the same species or between individuals of different species. The pollen grains of an anther do not germinate on the stigma of the same flower.
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