单词 | homogamy |
释义 | > as lemmashoˈmogamy hoˈmogamy n. (a) homogamous condition; fertilization of a flower by its own pollen or by that of another flower on the same plant (cf. b above); (b) Evolution preferential breeding between individuals similar in some characteristic; inbreeding. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [noun] > descent from common ancestor > inbreeding home breeding1756 in-breedingc1842 homogamy1874 intermarriage1882 the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [noun] > pollination > self-fertilization self-fertilization1850 self-fertility1865 homogamy1874 autogamy1877 selfing1907 self-compatibility1916 self-pollinating1930 1874 R. Brown Man. Bot. 432 Sprengel's term Homogamy..has a prior claim over Bennett's Synacmy. 1897 G. J. Romanes Darwin & After III. i. 5 For the sake..of securing more descriptive terms, I will coin the words Apogamy and Homogamy... Homogamy..answers to discriminate isolation, or segregate breeding: only individuals belonging to the same variety or kind are allowed to propagate. 1903 Biometrika 2 481 If the male class of a given character tends to mate with a female class with generally like character, we have a tendency to homogamy. 1947 Evolution I. 270/2 The concept of homogamy or associative mating states that within a population the most similar individuals will mate with each other. 1970 T. Dobzhansky Genetics Evol. Process iv. 100 There may, however, be assortative mating, such as some preference for mating of like (homogamy). < as lemmas |
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