NEET 2010 Biology question

Transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower of the same plant is called

(1)GeitonogamyCorrect
(2)Karyogamy
(3)Autogamy
(4)Xenogamy

Answer: (1)

Solution

Geitonogamy is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the same plant. Although functionally cross-pollination (it needs a pollinating agent), it is genetically similar to autogamy because the pollen comes from the

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