Definition of "apomixis" []

• Reproduction without meiosis or formation of gametes. (noun)

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• "The word apomixis is from the Greek apo, with the short a, meaning ‘without,’ and mixis, meaning ‘mingling.’"
• "My good friend Richard Jefferson introduced me to the idea of apomixis and the ways that it might someday revolutionize agriculture."
• "Well, Minister, they call it the race to find a supergene that controls asexual reproduction in plants, known as apomixis."