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self-fertilisation

self-fertilisation is the alternative form of self-fertilization.

Meaning of self-fertilization

Noun

self-fertilization (countable and uncountable, plural self-fertilizations)

  1. The fertilization of a plant by itself; self-pollination, autogamy.
    • In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3

Forms of self-fertilisation

pluralself-fertilisations

Questions about self-fertilisation

What is self-fertilisation the alternative form of?
Self-fertilisation is the alternative form of self-fertilization.

Words near self-fertilisation in the dictionary

  1. self-feed
  2. self-feeding
  3. self-feeds
  4. self-feeling
  5. self-fertile
  6. self-fertilisation
  7. self-fertilisations
  8. self-fertility
  9. self-fertilization
  10. self-fertilizations
  11. self-finance

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