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Amphimixis

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sexual reproductionnounThe process whereby a new organism is created by combining the genetic material of two organisms.

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sexual reproductionnounThe process whereby a new organism is created by combining the genetic material of two organisms.
automixisnoun(biology) A form of parthenogenesis in which two haploid gametes from the same meiosis combine
mixisnoun(biology) reproduction by the fusion of gametes
amphigenesisnoun(biology) Sexual propagation
apomixisnoun(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization.
agamogonynoun(biology) schizogony, or any other form of asexual reproduction
asexual reproductionnoun(biology) Any form of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes.
anisogamynoun(cytology) Sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes.
schizogamynoun(biology) reproduction involving the splitting of an organism into a sexual and an asexual individual
parthenogenesisnoun(biology, countable, uncountable) (An instance of) reproduction by the development of a single gamete (an ovum or ovule) without fertilisation by a gamete of the opposite sex; compare monogenesis, metagenesis, and heterogamy.
digenesisnoun(biology) The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.
amphidiploidizationnoun(genetics) The process of becoming amphidiploid
conjugationnoun(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.
panmixynounAlternative form of panmixia. [(ecology) A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population.]
paedogamynoun(biology) The reproduction of some protists by the fusion of gametes that have the same parent.
gamogenesisnounsexual reproduction
amphiploidynoun(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid
intersexismnounDiscrimination against people who are intersex.
amphidiploidnoun(biology) Such an organism
cytomixisnoun(biology) The migration of a nucleus from one plant cell to another

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