Autogamy is a process of meiosis and fertilization which takes place in unpaired Paramecium cells, and which is triggered by starvation.

What is autogamy give an example?

Self-pollination is an example of autogamy that occurs in flowering plants. Self-pollination occurs when the sperm in the pollen from the stamen of a plant goes to the carpels of that same plant and fertilizes the egg cell present. ... In the former, the egg and sperm cells that united came from the same flower.

What is fungi autogamy?

Autogamy meaning

Internal self-fertilization in algae, fungi, protozoans, etc. by the fusion of gametes or nuclei within the same individual. ... The union of nuclei within and arising from a single cell, as in certain protozoans and fungi.