NEET 1998 · Class 12

Organisms and Populations

An interesting modification of flower shape for insect pollination occurs in some orchids in which a male insect mistakes the pattern on the orchid flower for the female species and tries to copulate with it, thereby pollinating the flower. This phenomenon is called

  1. (A)pseudopollination
  2. (B)pseudoparthenocarpy
  3. (C)mimicry
  4. (D)pseudocopulation

The NCERT line that answers it

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The male bee is attracted to what it perceives as a female, 'pseudocopulates' with the flower, and during that process is dusted with pollen from the flower.

Chapter
Organisms and Populations
Section
11.1.4 Population Interactions
Page
14
Words matched
27 of 27

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly contains the term 'pseudocopulates' which directly matches the correct answer 'pseudocopulation' and describes the specific phenomenon of male insects mistaking flowers for females and attempting copulation.

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