Self-pollination can lead to inbreeding depression, or the reduced health of the species, due to the breeding of related specimens. This is why many flowers that could potentially self-pollinate have a built-in mechanism to avoid it.

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Self-pollination can lead to inbreeding depression, or the reduced health of the species, due to the breeding of related specimens. This is why many flowers that could potentially self-pollinate have a built-in mechanism to avoid it.

Old, “worn out” RBCs are mostly broken down in the spleen. It is the organ that filters the blood, checks it for infection, and removes undesirable substances. RBCs are produced in the red bone marrow of bones. The average life span of erythrocytes is about 120 days.

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Old, “worn out” RBCs are mostly broken down in the spleen. It is the organ that filters the blood, checks it for infection, and removes undesirable substances. RBCs are produced in the red bone marrow of bones. The average life span of erythrocytes is about 120 days.

Hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary gland is regulated by releasing hormones secreted by the hypothalamus. Neuro-endocrine cells in the hypothalamus project axons to the median eminence, at the base of the brain. At this site, these cells can release substances into small blood vessels that travel directly to the anterior pituitary gland

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Hormone secretion from the anterior pituitary gland is regulated by releasing hormones secreted by the hypothalamus. Neuro-endocrine cells in the hypothalamus project axons to the median eminence, at the base of the brain. At this site, these cells can release substances into small blood vessels that travel directly to the anterior pituitary gland

Animals and non-green plants cannot prepare their own food and depend directly or indirectly on green plants for their nutrition. This mode of nutrition is called heterotrophic nutrition. Fungi are nonchlorophyllos. They should be classified as animals because of their heterotrophic mode of nutrition. But, they are classified under plant kingdom as they have many plant characters.

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Animals and non-green plants cannot prepare their own food and depend directly or indirectly on green plants for their nutrition. This mode of nutrition is called heterotrophic nutrition. Fungi are nonchlorophyllos. They should be classified as animals because of their heterotrophic mode of nutrition. But, they are classified under plant kingdom as they have many plant characters.

Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Plants are grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, mineral wool, expanded clay pebbles or coconut husk.

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Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Plants are grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, mineral wool, expanded clay pebbles or coconut husk.