Not requiring fertilization to reproduce; reproducing asexually or without genetic contribution from another organism.
From Greek 'apo-' (away from, without) + 'genos' (origin, race, descent). Literally 'without origin from another,' describing reproduction without a second parent.
Apogenous reproduction is how some plants and insects clone themselves perfectly—they bypass sexual reproduction entirely, creating identical copies generation after generation!
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