self-fertilization

English

Alternative forms

• self-fertilisation

Etymology

self- +‎ fertilization

Noun

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

1. The fertilization of a plant by itself; self-pollination, autogamy.
   • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     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.

Translations

autogamy — see autogamy