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单词 ameiotic
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ameioticadj.

Brit. /ˌeɪmʌɪˈɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˌeɪˌmeɪˈɑdɪk/
Forms: 1900s amiotic, 1900s– ameiotic.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix6, meiotic adj.
Etymology: < a- prefix6 + meiotic adj. Compare later ameiosis n.
Biology.
Designating asexual reproduction, spec. parthenogenesis, from diploid gametes produced by ameiosis. Cf. apomictic adj.
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1917 P. B. Sears in Ohio Jrnl. Sci. 17 98 The fact that the embryo arises from an unfertilized egg-cell of unreduced chromosome count makes it seem advisable to employ the expression ‘amiotic parthenogenesis’—to describe the phenomenon, rather than the term ‘apogamy’.
1945 M. J. D. White Animal Cytol. & Evol. xiii. 283 Ameiotic parthenogenesis is genetically equivalent to clonal or vegetative reproduction.
1979 Amer. Zoologist 19 699/1 A major consequence of ameiotic asexual reproduction is the creation of many organisms in a population, each bearing the same genotype.
2001 J. G. Nagaraju et al. in E. C. R. Reeve Encycl. Genetics 220/2 No natural ameiotic parthenogenesis has yet been demonstrated [in Bombyx mori].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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