agamogenesis

[ ag-uh-moh-jen-uh-sis, ey-gam-uh- ]

/ ˌæg ə moʊˈdʒɛn ə sɪs, ˌeɪ gæm ə- /

asexual reproduction by buds, offshoots, cell division, etc.

Origin of agamogenesis

1860–65; < Greek ágamo(s) (see agamic) + -genesis

ag·a·mo·ge·net·ic

[ag-uh-moh-juh-net-ik, ey-gam-uh-] /ˌæg ə moʊ dʒəˈnɛt ɪk, ˌeɪ gæm ə-/, adjective ag·a·mo·ge·net·i·cal·ly, adverb

Agamogenesis: reproduction without fertilization by a male: see parthenogenesis; gamogenesis.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology |John. B. Smith
For what are the phenomena of Agamogenesis, stated generally?

Criticisms on "The Origin of Species" |Thomas H. Huxley
No case of Agamogenesis is known in which, when A differs widely from B, it is itself capable of sexual propagation.

Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews |Thomas Henry Huxley
No case of Agamogenesis is known in which, 'when A differs widely from B', it is itself capable of sexual propagation.

Criticisms on "The Origin of Species" |Thomas H. Huxley

Agamogenesis, a-gam-o-jen′e-sis, n. reproduction without sex, found among lower animals and in plants.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) |Various

agamogenesis

/ (ˌæɡəməʊˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) /

asexual reproduction, such as fission or parthenogenesis

agamogenetic (ˌæɡəməʊdʒəˈnɛtɪk), adjective agamogenetically, adverb

C19: agamic + genesis