autogamically

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adverb

In an autogamic manner.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adverbautogamically (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn an autogamic manner.

    The two pronuclei which arise in this manner fuse autogamically to a synkaryon [245, 248]. The mating system of Tetrahymena pyriformis has also been very thoroughly investigated. Until 1965, 12 syngens could be established,[…]

    2013 November 11, Karl Gottlieb Grell, Protozoology, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 217
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    The results of this experiment indicate that on the average 88 per cent of the ovules in Pima (Egyptian) cotton and 72 per cent in Acala (upland) cotton were autogamically fertilized. These types of cotton differ less in height of[…]

    1923, United States. Department of Agriculture, Department Bulletin, page 10

    […] this base population has a relationally balanced genetic architecture, and allogamically derived individuals perform better than autogamically produced offspring. The individual populations represent depressed inbred lineages.

    1974, Australian Journal of Botany

Origin

Translations

Polish autogamicznie
  • autogamiczniein an autogamic manner

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APA

autogamically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autogamically

MLA

“autogamically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autogamically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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