facultative
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Some require fertilization to produce seeds, while others can also reproduce without fertilization, a process known as facultative agamospermy.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 20, 2025
However, there remain many unknowns about parthenogenesis, particularly the form known as facultative parthenogenesis, which is quite rare and only happens in animals that sexually reproduce.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2023
Animals that exhibit facultative migration can choose to migrate or not.
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
On correction of the myopia the facultative divergence amounts to = 26°.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger
