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ag·a·mous

 (ăg′ə-məs)
adj.
Agamic.
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agamous

(ˈæɡəməs)
adj
another word for agamic
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.agamous - (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproductionagamous - (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
agamic, agamogenetic, parthenogenetic, apomictic
asexual, nonsexual - not having or involving sex; "an asexual spore"; "asexual reproduction"
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a·gam·ic

, agamous
a. agámico-a, rel. a la reproducción sin unión sexual.
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Arrington et al., "Conservation and divergence in the AGAMOUS subfamily of MADS-box genes: evidence of independent sub- and neofunctionalization events," Evolution & Development, vol.
Identification of Wheat Inflorescence Development-Related Genes Using a Comparative Transcriptomics Approach
Phylogenetic analyses revealed that one of these genes, GBM5, is an orthologue of the AGAMOUS (AG) MADS-box gene of A.
MOLECULAR CLONING AND EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF A PUTATIVE E CLASS MADS-BOX GENE, GbSEP, FROM GINKGO BILOBA
TFL2/LHP1 represses transcription of numerous genes, including FLOWERING LOCUS T fiT), FLC and the floral organ identity genes AGAMOUS (AG) and APETALA 3 (AP3).
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