gamogeneticadj.

1858 T. H. Huxley in Trans. Linn. Soc. 22 219 Cases such as those of Daphnia and Aphis show that the histological element, which is at one time agamogenetic, may at another be gamogenetic.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals Introd. 28 Agamogenetic and gamogenetic reproduction.

1890 Guy’s Hosp. Gaz. 12 July 166/1 Sexual reproduction then occurs, resulting in the formation of gamogenetic eggs, which remain dormant during the winter.

1906 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Dec. 1761/1 In individuals of gamogenetic origin, resulting from sexual union, the material contributed to the ovum by the paternal spermatozoa and the maternal ovum is..of equal value.

1957 H. Piper in Astounding Sci. Fiction Feb. 14/2 Looks like a lizard, and it's only four inches long, but it's a real warm-blooded, gamogenetic, placental, viviparous mammal.

1991 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 18 268/2 Fieldwork was carried out mainly in autumn in order to obtain gamogenetic populations [of chydroids].

2008 Aquatic Ecol. 42 151/2 The high gamogenetic intensity in A[lonella] nana was related to dystrophic and mesotrophic conditions.

1901 G. P. Mudge Textbk. Zool. i. 5 In some organisms the life history is comprised of two distinct phases, consisting of an alternation of agamogenetically developed individuals with those gamogenetically reproduced.

1971 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 90 116 The hybrid is gamogenetically, or even parthenogenetically, sterile.

1982 Ecology 63 238/1 Most of the species living in the tropics have completely lost their ability to reproduce gamogenetically.