{
  "id": 16618301,
  "title": "Plants may switch between reproductive strategies more easily than thought",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/plants-may-switch-between-reproductive-strategies-more-easily-than",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-26T15:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-reproductive-strategies-easily-thought.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When it comes to reproduction, plants have options. Some can fertilize themselves, while others rely on pollen from genetically different plants. Many populations even contain a mixture of both strategies. But scientists have long debated whether this mixed approach is truly stable or simply a temporary stage on the way from one reproductive strategy to another.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}