Relating to or produced by autospores; describing organisms that reproduce through genetically identical asexual spores.
From autospore + -ic (adjective suffix). Botanical term constructing an adjective for organisms using autospore reproduction.
An autosporic organism bypasses sex entirely—it just makes perfect copies of itself. Sounds efficient until a disease shows up, and suddenly all the clones die together because they're genetically identical.
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