A while back I came across a term (poly-something) referring to the
fertilisation of an ovum by more than one sperm cell, which happens more
often in plants than in animals and is a possible route to polyploidy.
(Not double fertilisation.) I don't seem to have taken a note of the
term. Can anyone remind me, please?
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Stewart Robert Hinsley
http://www.malvaceae.info

Dear Stewart,
I think my Usher's Dictionary of Botany (1966) has it:
Polyspermy= the entrance of more than one antherozoid into an egg.
I cannot see any other poly- words that seem to apply!
Best Wishes,
Martin

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Dear Stewart,
I think my Usher's Dictionary of Botany (1966) has it:
Polyspermy= the entrance of more than one antherozoid into an egg.
I cannot see any other poly- words that seem to apply!
Best Wishes,
Martin

Thanks. That was the word.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley