anautogenous

anautogenous

English

Etymology

an- +‎ autogenous

Adjective

anautogenous (not comparable)

1. Not autogenous.
   • 2015 July 6, “Mating Reverses Actuarial Aging in Female Queensland Fruit Flies”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132486:

     Here, we ascertain the roles of nutrition, ontogeny and mating as triggers for mitigation of aging in the Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni, ‘Q-fly’), an anautogenous tephritid fly with pre-reproductive aging patterns that closely resemble those of medflies [17, 18 ].