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n. [Gr. amphi, on both sides; mixis, mingling]The union of two gametes in sexual reproduction, as opposed to automixis.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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Amphimixis — (griech.), die geschlechtliche Vermischung der Individuen und die dadurch herbeigeführte Vernichtung ihrer Sonderentwickelung durch Hervorrufung neuer Kombinationen der Keimelemente. Vgl. A. Weismann, Amphimixis (Jena 1891) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
amphimixis — amphimixis. См. эугамия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
amphimixis — [am΄fə mik′sis] n. [ModL < AMPHI + Gr mixis, a mixing: see MIX] Biol. 1. the uniting of male and female germ cells from two individuals in reproduction 2. crossbreeding … English World dictionary
Amphimixis — Ein Spermium und eine Eizelle kurz vor der Befruchtung Phasenweise Darstellung des Eindringens von Spermien in eine Eizelle … Deutsch Wikipedia
amphimixis — amfimiksė statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Įprastinis lytinis dauginimasis, kurio metu susilieja skirtingos lytinės dviejų individų ląstelės (gametos). atitikmenys: angl. amphimixis rus. амфимиксис … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
amphimixis — noun (plural amphimixes) Etymology: New Latin, from amphi + Greek mixis mingling, from mignynai to mix more at mix Date: 1893 the union of gametes in sexual reproduction … New Collegiate Dictionary
amphimixis — sexual reproduction involving the fusion of male and female gametes and the formation of a zygote … Dictionary of ichthyology
amphimixis — Sexual reproduction resulting in an individual having two parents. Invariably the case in most animals, with the exception of a few hermaphrodite organisms, but not uncommon in plants where a single individual may produce both male and female… … Dictionary of molecular biology
amphimixis — amphimictic /am feuh mik tik/, adj. amphimictically, adv. /am feuh mik sis/, n., pl. amphimixes / mik seez/. 1. Biol. the merging of the nuclei of the sperm and egg cells; sexual reproduction. 2. Psychoanal. the combining of anal and genital… … Universalium
amphimixis — noun a) sexual reproduction b) The union of a male and female gamete … Wiktionary
