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NEET 2014
Exam
NEET
Year
2014
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

NEET 2014 · Botany · Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Geitonogamy involves

Geitonogamy involves

Options

  1. AFertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant
  2. BFertilization of a flower by the pollen from another same flower.
  3. CFertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population
  4. DFertilization of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population

Correct answer

A. Fertilization of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant

Step-by-step solution

Geitonogamy comes from a Latin word, geiton-neighbor and gamy-marriage. This is a mode of pollination, commonly referred as self-pollination. Here, the fertilization of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant is observed.
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