Plural of apogamy; multiple instances or types of asexual reproduction in plants where seeds or spores develop without fertilization.
From apogamy + -es (plural marker). Apogamy itself comes from apo- (without) + gamy (marriage/sexual union).
Different plants use different apogamies—some skip meiosis entirely, others form seeds without fertilization—and studying these variations revealed that evolution invented at least five completely different ways to reproduce without sex.
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