apogamy
[ uh-pog-uh-mee ]
/ əˈpɒg ə mi /
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noun Botany, Mycology.
the asexual development of a sporophyte from a cell or cells of the gametophyte other than the egg.
Nearby words
- apodosis,
- apodous,
- apodyterium,
- apoenzyme,
- apoferritin,
- apogee,
- apogeotropism,
- apograph,
- apographic,
- apokatastasis
Origin of apogamy
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Examples from the Web for apogamy
Isolation, then, is a genus, of which Apogamy and Homogamy are species.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3)|George John RomanesOther names for indiscriminate isolation are separate breeding and apogamy.
The Making of Species|Douglas DewarApogamy, of course, answers to indiscriminate isolation, or separate breeding.
Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3)|George John Romanes
apogamy
/ (əˈpɒɡəmɪ) /
noun
a type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophyte develops from the gametophyte without fusion of gametes
the development of a diploid cell in the embryo sac of flowering plants into an embryo without being fertilized
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