Adelphogamy is a form of sexual partnership between sibling eukaryotes, especially in some species of fungi, flowering plants or ants, or in humans."adelphogamy, n." OED Online, Oxford University Press, March 2022, www.oed.com/view/Entry/2256. Accessed 15 March 2022. In flowering plants, adelphogamy refers to sibling pollination: pollen and stigma belong to two individuals which derives from same mother plant.
In sociology, the term adelphogamy or adelphic polyandry may also refer to fraternal polyandry, or to an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister.
See also
Incest between twins List of coupled siblings
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