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anautogenous

anautogenous adjective: not autogenous.

Adjective

anautogenous (not comparable)

  1. Not autogenous.
    • 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 ].2015 July 6, “Mating Reverses Actuarial Aging in Female Queensland Fruit Flies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of anautogenous

From an- + autogenous.

Questions about anautogenous

What does anautogenous mean?
Anautogenous means not autogenous.
What part of speech is anautogenous?
Anautogenous is an adjective.

Words near anautogenous in the dictionary

  1. anaulacorhize
  2. anaunter
  3. anaunters
  4. anauralia
  5. anauraliac
  6. anautogenous
  7. anautogeny
  8. anauxetic
  9. anauxotelic
  10. anaw
  11. anax

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