单词 | mictic |
释义 | micticadj. Biology. Originally: designating females (of various species) that are capable of sexual reproduction (i.e. that are not obligately parthenogenetic). Later also: of, relating to, or involving mixis. Also (in extended use): of mixed parentage or descent (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > types of reproduction > [adjective] > others gemmiparous1793 gemmiferous1804 agamic1816 zoogenic1842 agamogenetic1858 autogenetic1859 parthenogenetic1860 parthenogenous1869 unsexual1873 monogenous1874 monogonic1876 monogonous1876 arrenotokous1877 gemmative1877 thelytokous1877 parthenogenic1878 heteroblastic1888 blastogenic1889 isogamous1889 paedogenetic1889 monogenic1890 anisogamous1891 monogenetic1900 paedogamous1912 apomictic1913 cytogamous1918 ectogenetic1923 pseudogamous1932 agamospermous1933 impaternate1934 subsexual1937 mictic1950 somatogamous1950 zygogenetic1950 1925 American Naturalist 59 138 There are thus two kinds of female,..which have been variously named male-producers and female-producers, or sexual and parthenogenetic females, or recently, by Storch (1924), mictic and amictic females. 1931 Biol. Bull. 60 349 The amictic and mictic females of Lecane inermis resemble each other closely. 1950 Adv. Genetics 3 194 In plants we speak of mictic reproduction, its opposite being named apomixis. 1969 Jrnl. Theoret. Biol. 24 279 (heading) Transformation of mictic indices in components of pedigree. 1975 G. C. Williams Sex & Evol. x. 119 Vegetative multiplication, mictic and apomictic seed..may or may not be present. 1988 Oecologia 75 430/1 Throughout their reproductive phase, these parental females retained their potential to produce either mictic or amictic offspring. 1996 Ecology 77 1175/1 Any females later proving to be mictic instead of amictic females were discarded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1925 |
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