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Meaning of autosperm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Sperm that has been produced endogenously.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Mating events whereby autosperm are donated to one partner while receiving allosperm from a third individual are known from sea slugs (see⟳ Chapter 8) and a monogenean flatworm (MacDonald and Caley 1975).”
“They seem to have⟳ mechanisms that favour fertilization by allosperm (donated by a partner) over autosperm (produced endogenously).”
“During copulation, the penis deposits the autosperm (which now become⟳ allosperm) into the vaginal channel of the distal hermaphroditic duct of another animal. The allosperm then travel⟳ to the spermatotheca.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

autosphenotic autosplenectomy autosporangium autospore autosporogenesis autosport

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