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Keywords: Heterothallic, Fertile, Meiospores, Dikaryon, Thallus

Related Terms: Antheridium, Archegonium, Ascospore, Asexual, Clitoris, Copulation, Gametophyte, Genital, Genitalia, Genitals, Hermaphrodite, Hermaphroditic, Heterosporous, Male, Penis, Reproduction, Sperm, Spermatium, Spore, Trichogyne, Zygospore, Zoospore, Hermaphroditism, Asexual Reproduction, Intersexual, Embryo Sac, Apomixis, Megaspore, Homosporous, Primary Sex Characteristics, Spores, Pseudohermaphrodite, Intersex, Heterothallic, Microgametophyte, Oogonium, Teleomorph, Anamorph, Oospore, Oogamy, Gametangium, Heterothallism, Amphimixis, Female Ejaculation, Parthenogenetic, Reproductive Organs, Sexual, Biological Sex, Imposex, Vaginal Intercourse

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coming from the same parent plant (vs. heterothallic)

http://www.mbari.org/staff/conn/botany/greens/julia/references.htm

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A condition in which sexual reproduction can occur in one thallus without requiring a sexual partner.

http://www.nhm.ku.edu/~fungi/Monograph/Text/glossary.htm

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Self-fertile; a dikaryon or diploid develops from single meiospores.

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Organisms (fungi, algae, plants) which can undergo sexual reproduction with a similar strain including the self (self-compatible) (see also heterothallic).

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a fungus which is self-fertile (see heterothallic).

http://bugs.bio.usyd.edu.au/Mycology/Glossary/glossary_c_m.shtml

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The condition of being self-fertile, able to reproduce sexually without a partner. ( 15)

http://www.ppath.cornell.edu/glossary/Defs_H.htm

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