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Geitonogamy involves:

  1. A
    Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant.
  2. B
    Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from the same flower.
  3. C
    Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population.
  4. D
    Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population.

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Geitonogamy is the transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of another flower on the same plant. Functionally it is cross-pollination involving a pollinator, but genetically it is similar to autogamy (self-pollination).

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Geitonogamy involves:
A
Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant.
B
Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from the same flower.
C
Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population.
D
Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population.

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