"Self-Fertilization" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The fusion of a male gamete with a female gamete from the same individual animal or plant.
| Descriptor ID |
D057945
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.090.403.590 G08.686.784.277.560 G15.830
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Self-Fertilization" by people in Profiles.
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Global biogeography of mating system variation in seed plants. Ecol Lett. 2017 Mar; 20(3):375-384.
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The mixed mating system of the sea palm kelp Postelsia palmaeformis: few costs to selfing. Proc Biol Sci. 2011 May 07; 278(1710):1347-55.