![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Pollen_from_pine_tree_2.jpg/640px-Pollen_from_pine_tree_2.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Pollination
biological pollination process occurring in plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pollination is part of sexual reproduction in plants. It describes how the pollen grains get to the female parts of a plant. Pollen grains, which contain the male gametes, need to get to where the female gamete(s) are.
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Pollen_from_pine_tree_2.jpg/640px-Pollen_from_pine_tree_2.jpg)
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Corntassel_7095.jpg/640px-Corntassel_7095.jpg)
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Bees_Gathering_Pollen.jpg/640px-Bees_Gathering_Pollen.jpg)
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Bee_covered_in_pollen.jpg/640px-Bee_covered_in_pollen.jpg)
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Bee_orchid%2C_former_Barton_Tip_-_geograph.org.uk_-_850728.jpg/320px-Bee_orchid%2C_former_Barton_Tip_-_geograph.org.uk_-_850728.jpg)
What happens is basically the same as sexual reproduction in animals. Each pollen grain is haploid: it has half of the DNA (genetic information) that is needed to make a new plant. During fertilization this combines with the DNA that is in the egg of the female part and a zygote is formed. In seed plants a seed is started.