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
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
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
Similarly the saphrophytes are classed as obligatory saphrophytes and facultative parasites.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
