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apomictic

apomictic adjective: of, pertaining to, or characterised by apomixis.

Adjective

apomictic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or characterised by apomixis.
    • I have found no definite reports of apomictic turbellarians, although the stenostomid Rhynchoscolex is said neither to reproduce by fission (but see Pennak, 1978) nor to possess a male system (Sterrer and Rieger, 1974).1982, Graham Bell, The Masterpiece of Nature: The Evolution and Genetics of Sexuality
    • Successful breeding of apomictic species is a relatively recent achievement and thus far only a few artificially bred cultivars of any apomictic crop have been released. For many years the only source of cultivars of apomictic species was selection and increase of the best natural apomictic...1990, E. C. Bashaw, Wayne W. Hanna, “5: Apomictic reproduction”, in Geoffrey Peter Chapman, editor, Reproductive Versatility in the Grasses, Cambridge University Press, page 115

Words formed from apomictic

Questions about apomictic

What does apomictic mean?
Apomictic means of, pertaining to, or characterised by apomixis.
What part of speech is apomictic?
Apomictic is an adjective.

Words near apomictic in the dictionary

  1. apomeiosis
  2. apomeiotic
  3. apometalloprotein
  4. apometalloproteins
  5. apomict
  6. apomictic
  7. apomictically
  8. apomicts
  9. apomine
  10. apomixes
  11. apomixis

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