autogamy
[aw-tog-uh-mee]
- 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.
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Origin of autogamy
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One-division meiosis and autogamy without cell division in Urinympha.
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
Meiosis in Rhynchonympha in one cytoplasmic and two nuclear divisions followed by autogamy.
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
Meiosis in Barbulanympha following fertilization, autogamy, and endomitosis.
The Biotic Associations of CockroachesLouis M. Roth
autogamy
- 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
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autogamy
(ô-tŏg′ə-mē)- Self-fertilization in which fission of the cell nucleus occurs without complete cellular division, forming two pronuclei that reunite to form the synkaryon.
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autogamy
[ô-tŏg′ə-mē]
- See self-fertilization.
- The union of nuclei within and arising from a single cell, as in certain protozoans and fungi.
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