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- adjective Of or pertaining to
automixis
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In this paper we analyzed the IGS-ETS of the automictic parthenogen Bacillus atticus and the bisexual B. grandii, two closely related stick-insect species.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Valerio Scali and Marco Passamonti Andrea Ricci 2008
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The scientists said their findings offer "intriguing questions" about how frequently automictic parthenogenesis occurs in the wild.
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