Plastogamy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Plastogamy is a noun meaning Synonym of plasmogamy.
Meaning
Synonym of plasmogamy.
Example Sentences
The significance of plastogamy is still very obscure, and it is extremely probably that it is not the same in all cases.
The presence of these in the pseudopodial bolus might conceivably be the stimulus for plastogamy or at least be an indication of the receptive condition of the organism.
The frequent occurrence of plastogamy between adult individuals makes it very possible that all the nuclei in the same body may not be of the same origin; and therefore the formation of the primary cyst-nuclei by the fusion of two others might, in many cases, at least, mean the fusion of nuclei originally produced in different individual bodies (Schaudinn).
Synonyms for plastogamy
Depending on context, synonyms include plasmogamy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gamogony, planogamy, merogamy, plasmotomy, agamogony, plasmogony.
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