#autogam

• Adelphogamy — A form of reproduction or fertilization method found in some plants, fungi, and lower organisms, consisting of the fusion of two gametes or two sexual cells originating from sibling individuals, directly related strains, or the same parent organism. This type of extreme biological inbreeding tends to fix existing genetic traits, limiting diversity and variability within the population.
• Alautogamy — A biological phenomenon or mixed reproductive strategy found in certain flowering plant species, structurally characterized by the capacity to simultaneously or alternatively achieve both cross-pollination (allogamy) and self-pollination (autogamy), depending on environmental conditions, the presence of pollinating vectors, or the maturity stage of sexual organs. This flexible mechanism ensures maximal adaptability and reproductive success of the plant population in unstable habitats.
• Autoallogamy — A specialized biological term defining the adaptive capacity or phenomenon whereby a plant species structurally combines autogamy (self-pollination) with allogamy (cross-pollination); a flexible reproductive strategy allowing plants to resort to fertilization with own pollen in the absence of external pollination vectors, while maintaining cross-breeding capabilities.
• Autocarp — A structural fruit resulting exclusively from the process of self-fertilization (autogamy) without any intervention of pollen from another flower or surrounding plant. As an adjective, it describes a plant structure capable of self-fruiting.
• Self-fertilization — The act of self-fertilizing and its result; the biological process of fusing male and female sexual elements produced by the same individual organism. In botany, this phenomenon is also known as autogamy and is considered an efficient reproductive strategy in unstable environments, though it reduces the genetic variability of offspring.
• Self-fertilized — Regarding plants, flowers, or hermaphroditic organisms: self-fertilized, self-pollinated; having been fertilized with its own pollen or reproductive elements without genetic material from another individual. In a technical sense, it describes the state of an ovule or seed resulting from autogamy, forming the basis of pure lines in artificial selection.
• Self-fertilization — A less frequent morphological variant of the term 'autofecundare'; the biological phenomenon through which male and female gametes produced by the same individual fuse to form a zygote. It is sometimes used in older scientific literature or plant physiology treatises to emphasize the biochemical act of self-fertilization, being synonymous with autogamy.
• Autogamous — Reproducing through autogamy; a botanical and biological term describing an organism, specifically a plant or flower, whose male reproductive structures fertilize its own female reproductive structures. This genetic phenomenon ensures the perpetuation of the species in isolated environments where external pollinators or wind vectors are absent, leading to a high degree of homozygosity within those populations.
• Autogamous — The feminine form of the adjective autogamous; it characterizes a plant species, a flower, or a biological population within which reproduction occurs exclusively or predominantly through self-fertilization. In plant genetics, an autogamous line is utilized to obtain genetically pure organisms, eliminating the risks of unpredictable variations brought by foreign pollen.
• Autogamy — A mode of reproduction characteristic of certain plants and lower organisms, consisting of self-fertilization or self-pollination, a process whereby the fusion of gametes originates from the same individual. This evolutionary biological mechanism guarantees the genetic stability of the species and its perpetuation in isolated or harsh habitats, eliminating structural reliance on external factors such as pollinating insects, wind, or water, although it limits long-term genetic diversity and recombination.
• Self-pollination — A biological reproductive process in spermatophyte plants, characterized by the transfer of pollen grains from the anthers to the stigma of the same flower (autogamy) or of another flower belonging to the same individual (geitonogamy). This endogenous structural mechanism ensures fertilization in the absence of external pollination vectors, but limits the genetic variability of the offspring by increasing homozygosity.