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Meanings of self-fertilisation in English
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autofertilització Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual.
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Examples for "self-fertilization"
Examples for "self-fertilization"
1
They possess no possible resource for self-fertilization in the neglect of these insect sponsors.
2
Premise of the study: Self-incompatibility (SI) prevents self-fertilization and reduces inbreeding.
3
Females are often capable of self-fertilization, producing fresh generations of offspring in the absence of mate.
4
In the flower where the father and mother part matures at the same time, self-fertilization is the rule.
Usage of self-fertilisation in English
1
The Primulaceae seem eminently liable to suffer in fertility from self-fertilisation.
2
I fancy that I see my way with the aid of continued self-fertilisation.
3
But the characters which hybrids exhibit on self-fertilisation are rather variable.
4
There seem to be mechanisms for cross- and also for self-fertilisation.
5
In neither of these cases were any of the plants the product of self-fertilisation.
6
There are also various details of structure adapted for self-fertilisation.
7
Professor Hoffman even maintains that the flowers of the kidney-bean are specially adapted for self-fertilisation.
8
Darwin's interest in the Goodeniaceae was due to the mechanism being apparently fitted for self-fertilisation.
9
By this means well-matured pollen was used for self-fertilisation.
10
Analogous cases with Mimulus and Ipomoea, after several generations of self-fertilisation, have been already given.
11
Between self-sterility and reduced fertility as the result of self-fertilisation there is probably no fundamental difference.
12
The present chapter is devoted to the Fertility of plants, as influenced by cross-fertilisation and self-fertilisation.
13
Objections which are based on the proof of the prevalence of self-fertilisation are not, therefore, pertinent.
14
It was an accidental observation which inspired Darwin's experiments on the effect of cross and self-fertilisation.
15
All facts point clearly to eternal self-fertilisation in this species; yet I cannot swallow the bitter pill.
16
The present species, therefore, does not seem so well fitted for self-fertilisation as most of the others.