AUTOMIXIS


Meaning of AUTOMIXIS in English

“+|miksə̇s noun

( plural automix·es -kˌsēz)

Etymology: New Latin, from aut- + -mixis

: parthenogenesis in which the chromosomes of a haploid gamete divide without nuclear division resulting in formation of a diploid restitution nucleus — called also automictic parthenogenesis ; compare autogamy

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