homogamy
Americannoun
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the state of being homogamous.
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interbreeding of individuals with like characteristics.
noun
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a condition in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite Compare heterogamy
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the maturation of the anthers and stigmas of a flower at the same time, ensuring self-pollination Compare dichogamy
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We wanna go down to the llano to see if they practice homogamy, but dunno how to get there.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2021
Williams had never heard of educational homogamy when I asked her about it, and she wasn't sure that was the whole story.
From Time ● Dec. 24, 2010
What we have playing out here in all its gory glory is educational homogamy.
From Time ● Dec. 24, 2010
When, for example, any section of a species adopts somewhat different habits of life, or occupies a somewhat different station in the economy of nature, homogamy arises within that section.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John
Hence, among the higher animals, selective fertility ought much more frequently to be found in association with other forms of homogamy than it is among plants.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John
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