apomixis

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ap′ə miksis)


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ap•o•mix•is  (ap′ə miksis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mix•es (-miksēz).USA pronunciation [Biol.]
  1. Developmental Biologyany of several types of asexual reproduction, as apogamy or parthenogenesis.
  • Greek apo- apo- + míxis a mixing, equivalent. to mig(nýnai) to mix + -sis -sis
  • Neo-Latin
  • 1910–15;
ap•o•mic•tic  (ap′ə miktik),USA pronunciation ap′o•micti•cal, adj.  ap′o•micti•cal•ly, adv. 

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