Apomixis vs. Polyembryony

Apomixisnoun

(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization.

Apomixisnoun

(botany) Plant reproduction without fertilization, meiosis, or the production of gametes.

Apomixisnoun

(zoology) Animal reproduction in which the egg cell does not undergo meiosis or fertilization.

Apomixisnoun

any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization

Apomixis

In botany, apomixis is asexual reproduction without fertilization. Its etymology is Greek for + .

Polyembryonynoun

(botany) The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.

Polyembryonynoun

(biology) The production of two or more embryos from a single fertilized egg.

Polyembryonynoun

The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.

Polyembryony

Polyembryony is the phenomenon of two or more embryos developing from a single fertilized egg. Due to the embryos resulting from the same egg, the embryos are identical to one another, but are genetically diverse from the parents.