apomixis

Aug. 27th, 2015 08:12 am
prettygoodword: text: words are sexy (words are sexy)
[personal profile] prettygoodword
apomixis (ap-uh-MIK-sis) - n., any of several kinds of asexual reproduction.


Including parthenogenesis and apogamy (both of which I encourage you to look up). Essentially, the technical term for asexual reproduction. Sometimes, when being technical, artificial forms of asexual reproduction such as human-induced propagation from cuttings are excluded from the term. From Greek roots apo-, away/apare/seperate + míxis, mixing.

---L.

May 2025

S M T W T F S
     1 23
4 5 6 7 8 910
11 12 13 14 15 1617
18 19 20 21 22 2324
2526 27 28293031

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated May. 29th, 2025 01:29 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios