Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:20:30 GMT From: "tierney wayne" <hybrid_t@hotmail.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2475$foo@default> Subject: Re: apomixis vs parthenocarpy
Hi Doug,
Actually, parthenocarpy is the setting of seedless fruit, a totally
different phenomenon than apomixis. Parthenogenesis is the same idea as
apomixis, but I've only heard that word applied to the animal kingdom. Maybe
apomixis is considered to be a kind of parthenogenesis undergone by
plants...?
And I don't know if there is a word for the setting of sterile seed.
-Tierney
San Jose CA
>
> > Some plants produce seeds without pollination.
> > This phenomenon is called apomixis.
>
>Formerly called 'Parthenogenesis' or 'Parthenocarpy', or
>have they changed the terminology on me once again since
>my days at the university? ;) They do this a lot I've noticed
>over the decades.
>
>Best Wishes,
>
>Doug
>
>Doug Burdic
>dburdic@harborside.com
>
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