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- noun botany A
plant produced byvegetative propagation
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Put another way, when I am emptied of my usual self or when that self-making or selfing process is “relocated” to the periphery of my being, I truly have room for an intimate relationship with God, which paradoxically allows me to be even more myself.
Robert Masters - God as the Ultimate You William Harryman 2009
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A short paper of mine on the mating as well as selfing reproduction without mating of Rumina saharica was published in the Zoology in the Middle East near the end of last year.
Reproduction of Rumina saharica AYDIN 2009
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"Traditional thinking has suggested that selfing populations are able to purge many of these mutations, but this study found that the ability to sufficiently purge was overwhelmed by slight increases in mutation rates," the researchers said.
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Nevertheless, selfing mediated via geitonogamy is the most frequent mechanism of pollen transfer.
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In their Science Express study, published online July 26, the researchers used the genome-wide pattern of LD to estimate the time at which selfing evolved.
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A selfing plant can invade new territory by itself and colonize it alone.
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In the absence of predators, selfing snails start to reproduce several days after the snails with mates do.
Bootleg proceedings of the 1st OVUM meeting AYDIN 2007
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Specifically, the researchers expected to find a relatively high level of LD, because after the transition to selfing the disruption of variant combinations would have slowed dramatically.
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In the absence of predators, selfing snails start to reproduce several days after the snails with mates do.
Archive 2007-10-01 AYDIN 2007
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Self-pollination, or selfing, confers a major advantage to weedy species.
kayballard commented on the word selfing
A word created by Jay Aaron to refer to the desirable practice of taking care of yourself first so you can better take care of others. This word is useful, because, as Jay points out, "selfish" has such negative connotations.
February 1, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word selfing
Actually an existing word, meaning "self-pollination": the phenomenon by which an individual with both female and male gonads can fertilize itself.
September 27, 2009