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Definition of Self-fertilisation
1. Noun. Fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual.
Generic synonyms: Fecundation, Fertilisation, Fertilization, Impregnation
Specialized synonyms: Autogamy
Antonyms: Cross-fertilization
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-fertilisation
Literary usage of Self-fertilisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, Charles Darwin (1883)
"For instance, Hildebrand in says: "In most plants self-fertilisation is avoided
by special contrivances or even rendered impossible ..."
2. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, Charles Darwin (1883)
"For instance, Hildebrand in says: " In most plants self-fertilisation is avoided
by special contrivances or even rendered impossible, or if it does take ..."
3. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, Charles Darwin (1883)
"For instance, Hildebrand in says: "In most plants self-fertilisation is avoided
by special contrivances or even rendered impossible, or if it does take ..."
4. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1889)
"... facts bearing on insect fertilisation—Fertilisation of flowers by
birds—self-fertilisation of flowers—Difficulties and contradictions—Intercrossing not ..."
5. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1890)
"... facts bearing on insect fertilisation—Fertilisation of flowers by
birds—self-fertilisation of flowers—Difficulties and contradictions—Intercrossing not ..."
6. Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of by Alfred Russel Wallace (1891)
"... facts bearing on insect fertilisation—Fertilisation of flowers by
birds—self-fertilisation of Hovers— Difficulties and contradictions—Intercrossing not ..."
7. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"The time has passed for regarding self-fertilisation as being always necessarily
harmful in itself, and it is now recognised as a regular feature in the ..."