Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The union of the sperm and egg in sexual reproduction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In biology, the mingling of the hereditary tendencies of the two parents in sexual reproduction, considered abstractly, as distinct from
amphigony or the reproductive process.
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- noun uncountable
sexual reproduction - noun countable The
union of a male and femalegamete
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- noun reproduction involving the union or fusion of a male and a female gamete
- noun union of sperm and egg in sexual reproduction
Etymologies
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Examples
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He attributed variation partly to the union of gametes containing various determinants, which he termed amphimixis: this, however, would introduce nothing new.
Hormones and Heredity J. T. Cunningham 1897
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This is the harmony of counterparts and constitutes the best basis of psychic amphimixis.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885
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Kondrashov AS (1993) Classification of hypotheses on the advantage of amphimixis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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Kondrashov AS (1993) Classification of hypotheses on the advantage of amphimixis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Kondrashov AS (1993) Classification of hypotheses on the advantage of amphimixis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Kondrashov AS (1993) Classification of hypotheses on the advantage of amphimixis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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Kondrashov AS (1993) Classification of hypotheses on the advantage of amphimixis.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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