- mictic
- mic·tic
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mictic — /ˈmɪktɪk/ (say miktik) adjective Biology requiring or produced by sexual reproduction …
mictic — ˈmiktik adjective Etymology: Greek miktos mixed (verbal of mignynai to mix) + English ic more at mix 1. : requiring, involving, or produced by sexual reproduction or union of germ cells : exhibiting mixis 2 … Useful english dictionary
mictic egg — Eggs that have undergone meiosis and are therefore haploid; when unfertilized they produce haploid males; see amictic egg … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
reproductive behaviour — In animals, any activity directed toward perpetuation of a species. Sexual reproduction, the most common mode, occurs when a female s egg is fertilized by a male s sperm. The resulting unique combination of genes produces genetic variety that… … Universalium
amictic egg — Eggs that do not undergo a meiotic division and are therefore diploid producing females parthenogenetically; see mictic egg … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
resting eggs — (ROTIFERA: Monogononta) Fertilized mictic eggs of certain Ploima produced in response to environmental factors or vitamin E; thick shelled eggs resistant to drying and other adverse environmental conditions, that always develop into amictic… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
meromictic lake — /ˌmɛrəmɪktɪk ˈleɪk/ (say .meruhmiktik layk) noun a lake in which layers of water do not intermix, the deepest layer containing no dissolved oxygen and the sediment therefore having no living organisms. {Greek mer(os) part, division + mictic} …
holomictic — |hälō|miktik, |hōl adjective Etymology: hol + mictic (from Greek miktos mixed; akin to Greek misgein to mix) more at mix of a lake : undergoing a complete circulation that extends to the deepest parts during overturn … Useful english dictionary
Миктический — * міктычны * mictic способный к бипарентальному, т. е. при участии двух родителей, половому размножению, напр., М. организм, М. вид … Генетика. Энциклопедический словарь
