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ap·o·mict

 (ăp′ə-mĭkt′)
n.
A plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis.
[Back-formation from apomictic, produced by apomixis : apo- + Greek miktos, mixed (from meignunai, mig-, to mix; see apomixis).]
ap′o·mic′tic adj.
ap′o·mic′tic·al·ly adv.
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apomict

(ˈæpəˌmɪkt)
n
(Biology) an organism, esp a plant, produced by apomixis
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ap•o•mict

(ˈæp ə mɪkt)

n.
an organism produced by apomixis.
[1935]
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Noun1.apomict - a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixisapomict - a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis
plant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
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Clonal diversity in Taraxacum officinale (Compositae), an apomict. Heredity 53:1-10.
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This triploid (2n = 27) apomict was introduced as an ornamental into Hawaii early in this century and has spread rapidly in arid zones on several islands (Degener 1940, Wagner et al.
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WW1842 (Dewald and Kindiger, 1994), a tetraploid apomict, was thought to possess either a (gsf/gsf/GSF/GSF) or (gsf/GSF/GSF/ GSF) genotype.
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Frio is an aposporous apomict, and its mode of reproduction was determined by (i) cytologically observing megasporogenesis and embryo sac development and (ii) progeny testing.
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The common weedy dandelion in North America is a triploid apomict and is broadly classified as T.
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Common dallisgrass is an obligate apomict with 50 chromosomes that associate as 20 bivalents and 10 univalents during metaphase I of meiosis (Bashaw and Forbes, 1958; Bashaw and Holt, 1958).
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