#autogamous

• 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.
• 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.