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NEET · Biology · STD 12 - 1. sexual reproduction in flowering plants

Which one of the following may require pollinators, but is genetically similar to autogamy ?

  1. A Apogamy
  2. B Cleistogamy
  3. C Geitonogamy
  4. D Xenogamy
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(C) Geitonogamy

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(c) : Geitonogamy involves transfer of the pollen from one flower of a plant to the stigma of another flower of the same plant. As the pollen has to move from one flower to another flower, it requires a pollinating agent. Yet it is genetically similar to autogamy, as both the flowers of the plant, share the same genotype of the plant.