self pollination

Flower fertilizes itself

Self pollination is the process of fertilization in a flower by the pollen of the same flower or another flower on the same plant.

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ovary · stamen · adaptation · filament · seed production · fertilization · homozygosity · genetic diversity · style · pistil · survival strategy · reproductive strategy · pea · pea plants · Gregor Mendel · plant reproduction · flowering plants · speciation

Opposites
pollen source

self pollinationcross-pollination

Fertilization between different plants

cross-fertilization · outcrossing · outbreeding · hybridization · gene flow

Family

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