自じ殖しょく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

self-propagation; self-fertilization; selfing

Biological term for reproduction without a partner, especially in plants. Often used in genetics and botany contexts.

• この植しょく物ぶつは自じ殖しょくによって種しゅ子しを作つくる。

  This plant produces seeds through self-fertilization.

• 自じ殖しょくを繰くり返かえすと遺い伝でん的てき多た様よう性せいが失うしなわれる。

  Repeated selfing leads to a loss of genetic diversity.