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Definition of Apomictic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis.
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Partainyms: Apomict, Apomict
Derivative terms: Apomixis, Apomixis
2. Adjective. (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction.
Similar to: Asexual, Nonsexual
Derivative terms: Agamete, Agamogenesis, Apomixis, Parthenogenesis
Definition of Apomictic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to apomixis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apomictic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apomictic
Literary usage of Apomictic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biotechnology: Genetic Engineering for Crop Plant Improvement, Bibliography by Robert Warmbrodt (1995)
"Opportunities for gene manipulation are often limited in apomictic species, ...
Lack of good sexual germplasm led us to investigate improvement of apomictic ..."
2. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"The overall objective of this project is to improve our understanding of development
and genetic diversity in apomictic genotypes. AP: We will approach this ..."
3. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"Within the genus Pennisetum, apomictic types have been located in a number ...
For one thing, with apomictic pearl millet the farmer's fields would be safe ..."
4. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"APOGAMY, on the other hand, is the obligate apomictic formation of an ... 561 a
case of the apomictic development of adventitious embryos is represented. ..."
5. Seeding Solutions by Crucible II Group, Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2000)
"The simplicity and low cost of apomictic breeding would encourage the introduction
of a wider range of varieties that could be uniquely suited to a ..."
6. Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge by Joske F. G. Bunders, Bertus Haverkort, Wim Hiemstra (1996)
"Many wild plants are naturally apomictic (for example the common dandelion,
Taraxacum sp.), but not the domesticated crop species. The introduction of this ..."
7. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology and Siviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"Even though much available evidence is indirect, such a pattern may also occur
in Shorea and Hopea. apomictic plants are troublesome for taxonomists because ..."
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