Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 103individual, as opposed to amphimixis; automictic parthenogenesis.automorphic see idiomorphicautomutagen n. [Gr. autos, self; L. mutare, to change; Gr.gennaein, to produce] Any mutagen produced in an organismas a normal or abnormal metabolite that may inducegene and chromosome mutations.autonomic a. [Gr. autos, self; nomos, usage] Functioning dueto internal causes; self-regulation; spontaneous. autonomousa. see choronomic.autoparasite n. [Gr. autos, self; parasitos, parasite] A parasiteexisting at the expense of another parasite.autopelagic a. [Gr. autos, self; pelagios, of the sea] Referringto organisms found only in the surface waters of the sea.autophagocytosis n. [Gr. autos, self; phagein, to eat; kytos,container] The consumption of contractile muscular tissueby its own cells, as opposed to leucocytes.autophagy n. [Gr. autos, self; phagein, to eat] The eating ofan appendage shed from the body by autotomy or otherwise.autoploid see autopolyploidautopolyploid n. [Gr. autos, self; polys, many; aploos, onefold;eidos, form] A polyploid originating from the doublingof a diploid chromosome set. see allopolyploid.autoskeleton n. [Gr. autos, self; skeleton, dried body] (PORIF)The endoskeleton, comprised of spicules or spongin fiberssecreted by the cells.autosomal linkage The linkage of alleles on the same autosome.autosome n. [Gr. autos, self; soma, body] Any chromosomeother than a sex-chromosome; euchromosome. see allosome.autospasy n. [Gr. autos, self; spaein, to pluck off] (ARTHRO:Chelicerata) The loss of appendages by breaking them at apredetermined locus of weakness when pulled by an outsideforce; frequent in spiders and other arachnids.