Chapter: Reproduction in Lower and Higher Plants· Biology

Which of the following types require pollinator but result is genetically similar to autogamy?

Q.1 (vii) Which of the following types require pollinator but result is genetically similar to autogamy?

A. Geitonogamy

B. Xenogamy

C. Apogamy

D. Cleistogamy

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Answer: (a) Geitonogamy

In geitonogamy pollen is transferred from one flower to another flower of the same plant. It needs a pollinating agent like cross-pollination, but because both flowers belong to the same plant (same genotype), genetically it is equivalent to self-pollination (autogamy).

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