Autogamy


botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization (opposed to ).
biology. conjugation in an individual organism by division of its nucleus into two parts that in turn reunite to form a zygote.
historical examples

meiosis in rhynchonympha in one cytoplasmic and two nuclear divisions followed by autogamy.
the biotic -ssociations of c-ckroaches louis m. roth

i wish that i had used some such terms as autogamy, xenogamy, etc..
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meiosis in barbulanympha following fertilization, autogamy, and endomitosis.
the biotic -ssociations of c-ckroaches louis m. roth

one-division meiosis and autogamy without cell division in urinympha.
the biotic -ssociations of c-ckroaches louis m. roth

noun
self-fertilization in flowering plants
a type of s-xual reproduction, occurring in some protozoans, in which the uniting gametes are derived from the same cell

autogamy au·tog·a·my (ô-tŏg’ə-mē)
n.
self-fertilization in which fission of the cell nucleus occurs without complete cellular division forming two pr-nuclei so that reunite to form the synkaryon.
au·tog’a·mous adj.
autogamy
(ô-tŏg’ə-mē)

see self-fertilization.

the union of nuclei within and arising from a single cell, as in certain protozoans and fungi.

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