ameiosis
noun
aberrant meiosis in which only an equational division occurs, as in parthenogenesis.
ameiotic
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a word derived from
ameiosis.
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Figure 4: Gene conversion and its evolutionary consequences in ameiotic organisms. a, Evidence for gene conversion between allelic regions.
From Nature ● Aug. 21, 2013
Such persistence and diversification of an ameiotic clade of animals are in contradiction with the supposed long-term disadvantages of asexuality, making bdelloids an ‘evolutionary scandal’.
From Nature ● Aug. 21, 2013
