adjective
- relating to or characterized by apogamy; reproducing asexually without the fusion of gametes
Usage: biology; botany
Examples
- Some ferns reproduce through apogamic processes, creating new plants without spore fusion.
- Apogamic reproduction allows certain plant species to clone themselves genetically.
- The apogamic pathway in this organism bypasses the typical meiotic division.
- Researchers studied apogamic development in the moss species to understand asexual propagation.