facultative
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"Fascinatingly, we found that the obligately agamospermous Balanophora species were all island species -- and we speculate that more Balanophora species may be facultative, or even obligate, agamosperms."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 20, 2025
For the first time, scientists have induced facultative parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction, in an animal that usually reproduces sexually.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023
Sketch a graph that predicts the distribution of aerobic, facultative anaerobic and obligatory anaerobic bacteria along the length of the entire intestine based on these parameters.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
On the issue of facultative reinsurance, whereby it insures bundles of risk in a job lot, Swiss Re said it expected to finalise a policy for the oil and gas sector in 2023.
From Reuters ● Mar. 17, 2022
I have seen this particularly in those cases where facultative divergence also was greater than usual.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger
