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autogamy
nuclear reorganization and self-fertilization within the same individual, as in Paramecium
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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autogamy Condition in which the gametic nuclei produced by meiosis fuse within the same organism that produced them to restore the diploid number.
autoimmunity Immune response to ones' own proteins or other antigens.
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Transfer of pollen (pollination) from the anther of a flower to the stigma of the same flower or sometimes to that of a genetically identical flower (as of the same plant or clone).
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Self-pollenization (autogamy): pollen moves to the female part of the same flower, or to another flower on the same individual plant. This is sometimes referred to as self-pollination, but this is not synonymous with autogamy.
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