自じ家か受じゅ精せい

noun

self-fertilization; autogamy

Technical term in botany and biology for fertilization within the same individual, especially in plants. Contrasts with 他家受精 (cross-fertilization).

See also: 他家受精

• この植しょく物ぶつは自じ家か受じゅ精せいによって種しゅ子しを作つくる。

  This plant produces seeds by self-fertilization.

• 自じ家か受じゅ精せいは他た家か受じゅ精せいに比くらべて遺い伝でん的てき多た様よう性せいが低ひくい。

  Self-fertilization results in lower genetic diversity compared to cross-fertilization.