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apomixis

(ăp′ə-mĭk′sĭs)

The development of an embryo without the occurrence of fertilization, especially in plants.

apomixis

the development of an embryo in plants without FERTILIZATION or MEIOSIS. This method of pseudosexual reproduction is regularly used in plants such as garlic and the citruses. Similar processes occur in animals, where the term used is PARTHENOGENESIS. See also APOSPORY, APOGAMY and AGAMOSPERMY.

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Apomictic plants are almost polyploidy with high heterozygosity, making it hard to analyze their inheritances and leaving the genetic background of these species unclear (Grimanelli et al., 2001).

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Ultimately, it remains to be determined how best to taxonomically treat these highly clonal, possibly apomictic, forms.

Molecular markers and conservation of plant species in the Latin-America: the case of Phaedranassa viridiflora (Amaryllidaceae)

Results indicate that the diploid individuals have sexual origin and the triploids and tetraploids may be apomictic.

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Molecular characterization of clonal population structure and biogeography of arctic apomictic Daphnia from Greenland and Iceland.

Mitochondrial DNA markers to identify commercial spiny lobster species (Panulirus spp.) from the Pacific coast of Mexico: an application on phyllosoma larvae

Mulato, which is a result of intentional interspecific hybridization, are apomictic selections from natural germplasm (Miles et al., 2004).

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First, like many other members of the rose family (including apples), it is apomictic. This means that the plants set seed without fertilization; in the case of dwarf cinquefoil, it also means that every seedling is an exact replica of its parent.