allogamy
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al·log·a·my
(al-og'ă-mē),Fertilization of the oocyte of one person by the sperm of another. Compare: autogamy.
[allo- + G. gamos, marriage]
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allogamy
(ə-lŏg′ə-mē)n.
1. See cross-fertilization.
2. See cross-pollination.
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allogamy
The pollination from the anther of the flower of one plant to the stigma of the flower of a genetically distinct plant, which may be limited or expanded by self-incompatibility, heterostyly, dichogamy or herkogamy.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
allogamy
see CROSS-FERTILIZATION.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005