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"Self-Pollination and Asexual Reproduction Are the Same Thing"
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Treating self-pollination as asexual reproduction overstates a real similarity — both reduce genetic diversity, but self-pollination still involves meiosis and fertilization.
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A self-pollinated pea plant's offspring carry a new combination of the parent's own alleles, not an identical genetic copy of the parent.
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This entry states the collapsing misconception — Bio 2615 gives the reproductive steps this misconception skips over entirely.