apomixis Biol.
(æpəʊˈmɪksɪs)
[mod.L. (H. Winkler 1908, in Progressus Rei Bot. II. 303), f. apo- + Gr. µίξις mingling.]
Reproduction of organisms without fertilization (see quot. 1932). (Opp. amphimixis; see amphi-.)
| 1913 Amer. Naturalist XLVII. 282 Winkler divides all reproductive phenomena into three divisions, namely: Amphimixis, Pseudomixis, and Apomixis. 1920 Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Northumberland & Durham V. 277 We are compelled to take up the view that in the Rosae apogamy, or whatever form of apomixis they present, is a phenomenon originating in hybridity. 1932 C. D. Darlington Rec. Adv. Cytol. xv. 416 Apomixis may be defined (following Winkler, 1908) as a system of reproduction having the external character of sexual reproduction but omitting one or both of its essential internal processes. |