agamogeneticadj.
/ˌaɡəmə(ʊ)dʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌeɪˌɡæmədʒəˈnɛdɪk/, /ˌæɡəmoʊdʒəˈnɛdɪk/ Biology. Now rare.
Of or relating to asexual reproduction; reproducing asexually.
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gemmiparous1793
gemmiferous1804
agamic1816
zoogenic1842
agamogenetic1858
autogenetic1859
parthenogenetic1860
parthenogenous1869
unsexual1873
monogenous1874
monogonic1876
monogonous1876
arrenotokous1877
gemmative1877
thelytokous1877
parthenogenic1878
heteroblastic1888
blastogenic1889
isogamous1889
paedogenetic1889
monogenic1890
anisogamous1891
monogenetic1900
paedogamous1912
apomictic1913
cytogamous1918
ectogenetic1923
pseudogamous1932
agamospermous1933
impaternate1934
subsexual1937
mictic1950
somatogamous1950
zygogenetic1950
1858 T. H. Huxley in Notices Proc. Royal Inst. Great Brit. 2 535 The agamogenetic broods are either winged or wingless.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals Introd. 28 There is an inverse relation between agamogenetic and gamogenetic reproduction.
1901 N. G. Mukerji Handbk. Indian Agric. 726 In a few days these ten females without any connection with a male will each produce another ten agamogenetic females.
1988 O. Shu in Genetic Manip. in Crops (Internat. Rice Res. Inst.) x. xxix. 394 The main variety of banana for commercial culture is agamogenetic.
2008 N. Clark July & August iii. 143 If it's just one mouse on its own, how could it turn itself into another hundred mice—unless it was an agamogenetic mouse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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