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Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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  • … Édouard Bornet had provided seeds of some varieties of poppy ( Papaver ) that always bred true …
  • … season of experiments that Darwin would confirm that this poppy shed its pollen immediately after …
  • … of the iceberg. Darwin next focused on the California poppy ( Eschscholzia californica ). …
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