The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom

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botany book non-fiction book scientific book

"The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom" is a scientific book by Charles Darwin that experimentally investigates how cross-fertilisation and self-fertilisation influence the vigor, fertility, and evolution of plants.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	botany book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ scientific book ⓘ
author	Charles Darwin ⓘ
contains	experimental data on multiple plant species ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
field	botany ⓘ evolutionary theory ⓘ experimental biology ⓘ
focusesOn	comparative growth of crossed and self-fertilised offspring ⓘ evolutionary consequences of inbreeding and outcrossing ⓘ fertility differences between crossed and self-fertilised plants ⓘ
followedBy	The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species ⓘ
follows	The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication ⓘ
genre	scientific monograph ⓘ
hasEdition	first edition 1876 ⓘ
hasImpactOn	concept of inbreeding depression ⓘ study of plant breeding systems ⓘ understanding of the advantages of sexual reproduction ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Victorian era ⓘ
influenced	development of genetics and heredity research ⓘ later studies of inbreeding and outcrossing in plants ⓘ modern evolutionary biology ⓘ
influencedBy	On the Origin of Species ⓘ The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication ⓘ
intendedAudience	advanced general readers interested in science ⓘ naturalists ⓘ scientists ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainThesis	continued self-fertilisation tends to reduce plant vigour and fertility over generations ⓘ cross-fertilisation generally produces more vigorous offspring than self-fertilisation in plants ⓘ
methodology	long-term controlled breeding experiments on plants ⓘ statistical comparison of offspring from cross- and self-fertilised plants ⓘ
notableFor	extensive quantitative experimental evidence in support of natural selection ⓘ systematic study of inbreeding depression in plants ⓘ
partOf	Charles Darwin's works on plant reproduction ⓘ
publicationYear	1876 ⓘ
publisher	John Murray ⓘ
relatedWork	On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects ⓘ surface form: Fertilisation of Orchids The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species ⓘ
structure	multiple chapters describing experiments on different plant species ⓘ
subject	cross-fertilisation in plants ⓘ evolutionary biology ⓘ heredity ⓘ plant reproduction ⓘ self-fertilisation in plants ⓘ

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Charles Darwin's later scientific works → includesWork → The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom ⓘ

Insectivorous Plants → precedes → The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom ⓘ

Darwin’s experimental garden → associatedWithWork → The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom ⓘ

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species → follows → The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom ⓘ