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autogamy

/aw-tog-uh-mee/US // ɔˈtɒg ə mi //UK // (ɔːˈtɒɡəmɪ) //

自婚,自配种,自配,自配制

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization.
    • : Biology. conjugation in an individual organism by division of its nucleus into two parts that in turn reunite to form a zygote.

Examples

  • Meiosis in Barbulanympha following fertilization, autogamy, and endomitosis.

  • One-division meiosis and autogamy without cell division in Urinympha.

  • Meiosis in Rhynchonympha in one cytoplasmic and two nuclear divisions followed by autogamy.

  • I wish that I had used some such terms as autogamy, xenogamy, etc..