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n. - Self-fertilization in plants.

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  • Studies of compatibility of about 14% of the flora indicate that 85% of these species are self-compatible, but their level of autogamy is low.
  • This is sometimes referred to as self-pollination, but this is not synonymous with autogamy.
  • Self-pollenization (autogamy): pollen moves to the female part of the same flower, or to another flower on the same individual plant.
  • I wish that I had used some such terms as autogamy, xenogamy, etc ...
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