Self-compatible

• Title

  Self-compatible

• Definition

  Referring to a plant in which pollen from a plant can fertilize eggs of the same plant; i.e., a plant that can be self-fertilized. Compare with self-incompatible.

• Notes

  Although it is usually beleived that self-compatible plants are less able to respond to changes in their environments because self-compatibility, in contrast of self-incompatibility, does not maximize genetic diversity.

• Related Terms

  Self-incompatible

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