NEET Solved Paper 2014 Question 24
Question: Geitonogamy involves [AIPMT 2014]
Options:
A) Fertilisation of a flower by the pollen from another flower of the same plant
B) Fertilisation of a flower by the pollen from the same flower
C) Fertilisation of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant in the same population
D) Fertilisation of a flower by the pollen from a flower of another plant belonging to a distant population
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Answer:
Correct Answer: A
Solution:
- Geitonogamy is a type of self-pollination. In other word geitonogamy is transfer of pollen grain from the anther of one flower to the stigma of another flower of the either same or genetically similar plant.
