autogamy
Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to allogamy).
Biology. conjugation in an individual organism by division of its nucleus into two parts that in turn reunite to form a zygote.
Origin of autogamy
1Other words from autogamy
- au·tog·a·mous, au·to·gam·ic [aw-toh-gam-ik], /ˌɔ toʊˈgæm ɪk/, adjective
Words Nearby autogamy
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use autogamy in a sentence
Meiosis in Barbulanympha following fertilization, autogamy, and endomitosis.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. RothOne-division meiosis and autogamy without cell division in Urinympha.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. RothMeiosis in Rhynchonympha in one cytoplasmic and two nuclear divisions followed by autogamy.
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches | Louis M. RothI wish that I had used some such terms as autogamy, xenogamy, etc..
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for autogamy
/ (ɔːˈtɒɡəmɪ) /
self-fertilization in flowering plants
a type of sexual reproduction, occurring in some protozoans, in which the uniting gametes are derived from the same cell
Derived forms of autogamy
- autogamous or autogamic (ˌɔːtəˈɡæmɪk), adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for autogamy
[ ô-tŏg′ə-mē ]
The union of nuclei within and arising from a single cell, as in certain protozoans and fungi.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse