syngamyn.
/ˈsɪŋɡəmi/, U.S. /ˈsɪŋɡəmi/ Biology.
1. Free interbreeding between organisms.
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intergeneration1888
panmixia1889
panmixy1890
syngamy1904
1904 [see syngamic adj. at Derivatives].
2. The fusion of two cells, or of their nuclei, in reproduction.
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adosculation1682
autogeny?1818
gemmation1836
parthenogenesis1849
virgin production1849
rejuvenescence1853
agamogenesis1857
monogeny1857
autogenesis1858
homogenesis1858
proliferation1864
monogenesis1866
swarming1867
paedogenesis1870
monogony1873
virginal generation1879
division1880
monogenesy1890
parthenogeny1890
anisogamy1891
isogamy1891
paragamy1891
separation1891
paedogenesis1892
parthenism1892
heterogamy1894
thelytoky1895
flagellation1898
cytogamy1899
pseudogamy1900
tychoparthenogenesis1900
syngamy1904
pseudogamy1907
ectogenesis1909
paedogamy1910
apomixis1913
progenesis1934
agamospermy1939
mixis1944
somatogamy1949
decapitation-
1904 Hartog in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Mar. 595 I venture to propose the term ‘Syngamy’ to replace ‘fertilisation’ in its modern restricted sense..; and the derivative adjectives ‘syngamic’ and ‘syngamous’ follow naturally.
Derivatives
syngamic adj. /sɪnˈɡæmɪk/
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > zygote or syngamete
syngamic1904
syngamous1904
zygotic1909
the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > heredity or hereditary descent > [adjective] > interbreeding
intergenerant1888
intergenerating1888
syngamic1904
panmictic1933
1904 E. B. Poulton Ess. Evol. (1908) ii. 60 Forms which freely interbreed together..may be..called Syngamic... Free interbreeding under natural conditions may be termed Syngamy.
syngamous adj. /ˈsɪŋɡəməs/
/ˈsɪŋɡəməs/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > reproductive substances or cells > [adjective] > zygote or syngamete
syngamic1904
syngamous1904
zygotic1909
1904 [see sense 2].
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