apomixis

apomixis

English

Etymology

From German Apomixis, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (apó, “away (from)”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”).

Noun

apomixis (countable and uncountable, plural apomixes)

1. (botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization.
2. (botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes.
3. (zoology) Animal reproduction in which the egg cell does not undergo meiosis or fertilization.

Translations

plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes

French: apomixie (fr) f German: Apomixis

Italian: apomissia (it) f Portuguese: apomixia f

See also

• agamospermy
• apogamy
• parthenogenesis

References

Hans Winkler, Über Parthenogenesis und Apogamie im Pflanzenreich, 1908