self-fertilization
noun
fertilization of an ovum of a plant by a male gamete from the same flower (opposed to cross-fertilization).
self-fertilized
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a word derived from
self-fertilization.
Example Sentences
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When these plants self-fertilized, the outcome was just like the F1 self-fertilizing cross.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The cross between the true-breeding P plants produces F1 heterozygotes that can be self-fertilized.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Only by cross-fertilization does O. lata produce seeds, and then as freely as the other species when self-fertilized.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
But whether they would do so when self-fertilized, and whether the reversionary individuals are always bound to return towards the center of the group or towards the opposite limit, remains to be investigated.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
Whenever possible, the original mutants have been isolated during the flowering period and artificially self-fertilized.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
