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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD APOMIXIS

New Latin, from Greek apo- + mixis a mixing.
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PRONUNCIATION OF APOMIXIS

apomixis  [ˌæpəˈmɪksɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APOMIXIS

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Apomixis is a noun.
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WHAT DOES APOMIXIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

apomixis

Apomixis

In botany, apomixis was defined by Hans Winkler as replacement of the normal sexual reproduction by asexual reproduction, without fertilization. This definition notably does not mention meiosis. Thus "normal asexual reproduction" of plants, such as propagation from cuttings or leaves, has never been considered to be apomixis, but replacement of the seed by a plantlet or replacement of the flower by bulbils are types of apomixis. Apomictically produced offspring are genetically identical to the parent plant. Some authors included all forms of asexual reproduction within apomixis, but that generalization of the term has since died out. In flowering plants, the term "apomixis" is commonly used in a restricted sense to mean agamospermy, i.e. clonal reproduction through seeds. Although agamospermy could theoretically occur in gymnosperms, it appears to be absent in that group. Apogamy is a related term that has had various meanings over time. In plants with independent gametophytes, the term is still used interchangeably with "apomixis", and both refer to the formation of sporophytes by parthenogenesis of gametophyte cells.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APOMIXIS


amphimixis
ˌæmfɪˈmɪksɪs
anaphylaxis
ˌænəfɪˈlæksɪs
anaptyxis
ˌænæpˈtɪksɪs
axis
ˈæksɪs
cathexis
kəˈθɛksɪs
chemoprophylaxis
ˌkɛməʊˌprəʊfəˈlæksɪs
chemotaxis
ˌkɛməʊˈtæksɪs
deixis
ˈdaɪksɪs
endeixis
ɛnˈdaɪksɪs
endomixis
ˌendəʊˈmɪksɪs
epistaxis
ˌɛpɪˈstæksɪs
lexis
ˈlɛksɪs
panmixis
pænˈmɪksɪs
praxis
ˈpræksɪs
prophylaxis
ˌprɒfɪˈlæksɪs
ptyxis
ˈtɪksɪs
pyxis
ˈpɪksɪs
stylostixis
ˌstaɪləʊˈstɪksɪs
taxis
ˈtæksɪs
Zeuxis
ˈzjuːksɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APOMIXIS

apologize
apologizer
apologue
apology
apolune
apomict
apomictic
apomictical
apomictically
apomixes
apomorphia
apomorphine
aponeuroses
aponeurosis
aponeurotic
apoop
apopemptic
apophasis
apophatic
apophlegmatic

WORDS THAT END LIKE APOMIXIS

aerotaxis
anatexis
major axis
minor axis
neutral axis
optic axis
parataxis
phototaxis
phylaxis
phyllotaxis
polar axis
principal axis
sparaxis
stereotaxis
synaxis
tachyphylaxis
the Axis
x-axis
y-axis
z-axis

Synonyms and antonyms of apomixis in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «apomixis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APOMIXIS

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The translations of apomixis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «apomixis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无融合生殖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apomixis
570 millions of speakers

English

apomixis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

apomixis
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تكاثر لاتعرسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

апомиксис
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apomixia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

apomixis
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apomixie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apomixis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Apomixis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アポミクシス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하는 현상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apomixis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

apomixis
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவகலப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपोमिकस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

apomixis
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apomissia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

apomixis
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

апоміксис
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

apomixis
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

απόμιξης
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Apomixis
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

apomixis
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apomixis
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of apomixis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APOMIXIS»

The term «apomixis» is normally little used and occupies the 125.884 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APOMIXIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about apomixis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APOMIXIS»

Discover the use of apomixis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apomixis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Apomixis in Plants
Apomixis in Plants presents a comprehensive review of different aspects of asexual seed formation in plants. This is important in plant research since apomixis could greatly facilitate breeding in important crops.
Sven Asker, Lenn Jerling, 1992
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Apomixis: Exploiting Hybrid Vigor in Rice
Apomixis for rice improvement; Transferring apomixis to maize; Transfer of alien chromosome-carrying gene for apomixis to cultived pennisetum; Cytological mechanisms of apospory and diplospory; Genetics of apomixis mechanisms; Embryo and ...
Gurdev S. Khush, 1994
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Apomixis in Angiosperms
The book covers the complete process of nucellar and integumentary embryo formation and viable seed development within species, families, and among angiosperms in general.
Tamara N. Naumova, 1992
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Apomixis and Breeding
Problems of evolution, genetics and breedong of apomictic plants; Cytoembriology of apomixis; Hybridization and experimental investigation of apomixis; Experimental haploidy.
S. S. Khokhlov, 1976
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Gametophytic Apomixis, Hybridization, and Polyploidy in ...
Quantification of nuclear DNA amounts by flow cytometry revealed the ploidy levels of various tissues.
Nadia Joan Talent, 2006
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Lost Sex: The Evolutionary Biology of Parthenogenesis
Chapter. 22. An. Apomixis-Gene's. View. on. Dandelions. Peter Van Dijk, Hans de Jong, Kitty Vijverberg and Arjen Biere Abstract In asexual organisms, the clone constitutes a level above the individual. Most dandelions (Taraxacum officinale ...
Isa Schön, Koen Martens, Peter J. Dijk, 2009
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Cytogenetics
Apomixis has often been found to be associated with hybridization. The presence of meiotic disturbances and polymorphism in these apomicts has often been used as an evidence in favour of the origin of apomixis due to hybridization.
P. K. Gupta, 2007
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Advances in Hybrid Rice Technology: Proceedings of the 3rd ...
CHAPTER 22 Apomixis in crop improvement: traditional and molecular approaches W. Hanna, D. Roche, and P. Ozias-Akins Apomixis is a method of reproduction that allows a chromosomally unreduced egg cell to develop into an embryo ...
Sant S. Virmani, K. Muralidharan, 1998
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Cotton: Biotechnological Advances
Apomixis helps to fix the hybrid vigor once a desirable cross combination has been obtained resulting in hybrids which can be grown like varieties. Progenies derived from a tri-species cross of cotton involving G. arboreum, G. hirsutum, and G.
Usha Barwale Zehr, 2010
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Grass Evolution and Domestication
4. Apomixis. and. evolution. G. P. Chapman Meiosis and syngamy together fashion the genotypes of new individuals upon which natural selection can operate. The global distribution of grasses combined with their ability to survive in a range ...
Geoffrey Peter Chapman, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «APOMIXIS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term apomixis is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wild flower discovered in Wales named after Sir David Attenborough
Since most hawkweeds reproduce exclusively asexually by means of seeds that are genetically identical to their mother plant (apomixis or ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
2
Focus on NCERT bio book's first 3 units
... megasporogenesis, double fertilization, triple fusion and apomixis, methods of birth control are some of the very important topics of this unit. «Hindustan Times, Dec 14»
3
Serendipity in the garden
I needed clones, and tea crabapple has the quirk of apomixis, which means that its seeds do not reflect the sexual union of pollen with egg cells ... «Almanac Weekly, Jul 14»
4
DD launches a series on innovations in science across the world
... Sleep Research, Brain Bank etc; Agriculture: Improved strains of high-yield rice using DNA marker technology, Apomixis in seed production ... «Indiantelevision.com, Jan 14»
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Genetically Engineered Cassava
Breeders can use apomixis to preserve a plant hybrid's desirable characteristics. This line was bacteria- and virus-resistant, and after a single ... «Onislam.net, Dec 13»
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'Game changing' breeding nears
The technology centres on a process known as apomixis, where the female reproductive system of certain plants occasionally produces seed ... «Western Producer, Oct 13»
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High school students participate in research at USU during Biotech …
The importance of this research is plants that reproduce through apomixis may increase global crop productivity by one third, effectively feeding ... «Utah Public Radio, Jul 13»
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The blackberry: A tart fruit with a complicated sex life
But blackberries also practice apomixis , the ability to bypass fertilization by developing seeds asexually in the ovaries, without any help from ... «Washington Post, May 13»
9
Is it OK to eat Cloned Fruit?
It produces seed both through regular sexual reproduction and also through a process called apomixis. The seed looks normal, but it is ... «Biofortified Blog, Apr 13»
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Seeds without sex – some racy findings on the cloning of plants
This so-called “apomixis” is one of the holy grails of agriculture because it would make new crop varieties – ones that are resistant to drought, ... «Biofortified Blog, Apr 13»

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