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apomixis
[ ap-uh-mik-sis ]
noun
- any of several types of asexual reproduction, as apogamy or parthenogenesis.
apomixis
/ 藢忙辫蓹藞尘瑟办蝉瑟蝉 /
noun
- (esp in plants) any of several types of asexual reproduction, such as parthenogenesis and apogamy, in which fertilization does not take place Compare amphimixis
apomixis
- The development of an embryo without the occurrence of fertilization. Parthenogenesis is one form of apomixis. In plants, another form of apomixis also occurs, in which the embryo develops from the somatic cells of the ovule surrounding the embryo sac, not from the egg cell within the embryo sac itself. Such embryos are clones of the parent plant, and valuable cultivars of plants such as the fig are propagated using seeds produced through this kind of apomixis.
Derived Forms
- 藢补辫辞藞尘颈肠迟颈肠, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补辫路辞路尘颈肠路迟颈肠 [ap-, uh, -, mik, -tik], 补辫顎卭路尘颈肠顎僼颈路肠补濒 adjective
- 补辫顎卭路尘颈肠顎僼颈路肠补濒路ly adverb
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of apomixis1
Example Sentences
If we could find a way to propagate crop plants by asexual reproduction through seeds -- known as apomixis -- it would revolutionize agriculture.
A landmark accomplishment came from someone who didn鈥檛 set out to study apomixis.
Sometimes apomixis is used only as a backup.
In nature, some plant species reproduce clonally: The eggs inside their flowers become embryos without pollination, part of a process called apomixis鈥斺渁way from mixing鈥 in Greek.
In 2019, an international team reported that it had successfully engineered a line of rice plants that could reproduce clonally鈥攖he first instance of synthetic apomixis in a crop.
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