this is an over-simplification and does not apply generally--for example when individual parents are not homozygous, or when populations inter-hybridise to form hybrid swarms. The general properties of intra-species hybrids (F1) and F2 (both "autogamous" and "allogamous") are considered in a later section.

Self fertilization - an alternative

Having noticed that the pea is naturally self-pollinated, we cannot continue to use it as an example for illustrating random fertilization properties. Self-fertilization ("selfing") is a

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