I'm hoping someone can answer this fairly obvious, yet possibly complicated question.

When crossing two plants, is there a rule about which one's traits are expressed more strongly in regard to which gets the pollen? Or, put in other terms, does which plan receives the pollen have any impact on the subsequent seeds and pollen? I'm aware there are all kinds of other interactions, dominant and recessive genes, etc. but it seems like which plant gets the pollen might have some impact on the offspring as well.

If you take plant A and pollinate it with pollen from plant B, then next year reverse the one which gets the pollen from the same two plants (A,B) will the offspring pretty much come out looking the same or will the one carrying the seed pod (and therefore possibly offering more "of itself") express more strongly?


Thanks,
Jon