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What is autogamy?

What is autogamy? Here are some definitions.

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  1. Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
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Recipients were cells from young clones only four to six fissions after the last autogamy.
Both species use a mixed breeding system, consisting of xenogamy, geitonogamy, and autogamy.
Together, the three modes of geitonogamy make a much larger contribution to self-fertilization than autogamy.
Recently several populations and species of Antirrhinum were characterized for their percentage of autogamy and self-fertility, and large variation was observed.
Changes in floral morphology are normally required to promote either autogamy or allogamy.
There are no available data on the breeding system of C. longii to gauge the predominance of autogamy or xenogamy, or seed production due to apomixis.

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