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Record 1 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
DEF

... type of reproduction in which sexual organs or related structures take part but in which seeds are formed without union of gametes. Seeds formed in this manner are vegetative in origin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Biologie moléculaire
DEF

Formation d'embryon sans union des gamètes mâle et femelle.

OBS

Terme ambigu désignant un mode de reproduction sans réunion de gamètes chez un organisme à reproduction sexuée. Recouvre différentes formes de parthénogénèse aussi bien que de reproduction végétative chez les végétaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
  • Biología molecular
DEF

Reproducción sin fecundación, que comprende la aposporia, la apogamia, la partenogénesis o la pseudogamia.

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