In botany, self-fertilization; the fertilization of a flower or plant by its own pollen without pollination from another plant of the same species.
From Greek auto- 'self' + gamos 'marriage.' The term was coined in the 19th century as botanists systematically classified different reproduction strategies.
Autogamy is the plant world's version of the ultimate independence—no need for a pollinator, no genetic mixing with neighbors, just pure botanical self-reliance. It explains why some crops are almost clones of themselves generation after generation.
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