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agamogenesis
agamogenesis Biol. (ˌægəməʊˈdʒɛnɛsɪs) [f. Gr. ἄγαµο-ς unmarried + γένεσις generation, birth.] The production of offspring otherwise than by the union of parents of distinct sexes (as by the simple division of a pre-existent living being, or the formation of buds, which become at length independent l...
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agamogenetic
agamogenetic, a. Biol. (ˌægəməʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk) [f. Gr. ἄγαµο-ς unmarried + γενητ-ός produced + -ic.] Of or belonging to agamogenesis; generating or generated without sexual union.1870 Huxley Lay Serm., Addr. & Rev. xiii. 312 We have demonstrated, in agamogenetic phænomena, that inevitable recurrence to t...
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Asexual reproduction
Agamogenesis
Agamogenesis is any form of reproduction that does not involve a male gamete. Examples are parthenogenesis and apomixis. Parthenogenesis
Parthenogenesis is a form of agamogenesis in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual.
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parthenogenesis
parthenogenesis Biol. (ˌpɑːθənəʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) [f. Gr. παρθένο-ς virgin + γένεσις origin, birth, nativity, genesis.] Reproduction without concourse of opposite sexes or union of sexual elements. Now usually restricted to reproduction by the development of a single sexual cell (as an ovum or ovule) witho...
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apogamy
apogamy Bot. (əˈpɒgəmɪ) [f. Gr. ἀπό apo- + γάµος marriage (cf. gamo-).] Absence of sexual reproduction; asexual reproduction, agamogenesis; spec. in ferns and other cryptogams, production of the perfect plant directly from a bud on the prothallus instead of by the usual sexual process. So apogamic (...
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