autogamy

[ aw-tog-uh-mee ]

noun

1. Botany. pollination of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen; self-fertilization ( allogamy ).
2. Biology. conjugation in an individual organism by division of its nucleus into two parts that in turn reunite to form a zygote.

autogamy

/ ˌɔːtəˈɡæmɪk; ɔːˈtɒɡəmɪ /

noun

1. self-fertilization in flowering plants
2. a type of sexual reproduction, occurring in some protozoans, in which the uniting gametes are derived from the same cell

autogamy

/ ô-tŏg′ə-mē /

1. See self-fertilization
2. The union of nuclei within and arising from a single cell, as in certain protozoans and fungi.

Derived Forms

• auˈtogamous, adjective

Other Words From

• au·toga·mous au·to·gam·ic [aw-toh-, gam, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of autogamy¹

First recorded in 1875–80; auto- ¹ + -gamy

Example Sentences

Meiosis in Barbulanympha following fertilization, autogamy, and endomitosis.

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

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

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

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