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Meanings of cross-fertilization in English

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fertilització creuada

Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from different individual of the same species.

fertilització creuada
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Examples for "cross-fertilisation"
Examples for "cross-fertilisation"
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The 'cross-fertilisation of ideas' is a cliché, but one with unintentional fecundity.
The Rational Optimist
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He also gives an account of the remarkable arrangement for ensuring cross-fertilisation.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 / A Record of His Work...
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If we police boundaries too strictly, we're stifling the possibility of cross-fertilisation and invention.
The Guardian
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Sir, - Current pedagogic wisdom recommends a degree of cross-fertilisation when teaching core subjects.
The Irish Times
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It is an international game now and this "cross-fertilisation" is increasingly commonplace.
The Guardian
Usage of cross-fertilization in English
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The cross-fertilization of gender-related cultural memes renders "masculinity" and "femininity" fluid concepts.
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
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Such shifts warrant clear rules, but cross-fertilization has value.
Reuters
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That has shifted in recent years, but the cross-fertilization between the two realms remains important.
Wired
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The Renaissance was, in part, a product of cultural cross-fertilization between Islam and the West.
1492 the year our world began
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In the greenhouse a hive of bees is kept so that cross-fertilization may go on.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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However, there also has to be some cross-fertilization.
Reuters
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When the modern plant breeder seeks to produce something new by cross-fertilization a problem is encountered.
Three Acres and Liberty
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I think there ought to be this cross-fertilization.
Reuters
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Self-incompatibility (SI) is a breeding system that promotes cross-fertilization.
Pubmed
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That's why cultural cross-fertilization is so important.
The illuminatus! trilogy
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There would be a cross-fertilization of cultures.
South Wind
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Miraculous toilers, sexless hybrids-successfulventures into Nature's arcanum of cross-fertilization-steady ,humorous ,wise ,enduring ,andhomely unto pain!
Fate Knocks at the Door: A Novel
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And flowers, by their nectar, color, and odor, compete for the visits of insects, which insure cross-fertilization.
The Whence and the Whither of Man / A Brief History of His Origi...
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While it's about it, it picks up pollen and carries it about; it's a prime factor in cross-fertilization of plants.
Cities in Flight
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Pansies are the easiest of plants to grow from seed, and they offer a ready response to experiments with cross-fertilization.
The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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If wind pollination is at one end of a continuum of cross-fertilization techniques -shall we call it the profligate end?
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
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Translations for cross-fertilization
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