Homogamy (biology)

Homogamy is used in biology in four separate senses: As opposed to outcrossing or outbreeding, inbreeding is the process by which organisms with common descent come together to mate and eventually procreate.

Another word for this self-fertilization is autogamy, which is when an anther releases pollen to attach to the stigma on the same plant.

For instance, research has been conducted by sociologists who found that men and women look for individuals who fall under the educational homogamy he or she is in.

These five places are: work, school, neighborhood, common family networks, and voluntary associations.

[10] When there are traits that are found in a spouse that are not favorable, then the homogamy in the relationship decreases, and there begins to have a need for it for a better production of children.