oogamously

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English

Etymology

From oogamous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

oogamously (not comparable)

  1. In an oogamous manner.
    • 2015 October 21, “Auxosporulation in Paralia guyana MacGillivary (Bacillariophyta) and Possible New Insights into the Habit of the Earliest Diatoms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      We observe nonetheless, that extant oomycetes, for example, are diploid in the vegetative state, homothallic, reproduce oogamously, produce large oogonia bearing complex walls with a diameter in excess of the parental hyphae, and produce zygospores following syngamy; characters also seen in non-polar diatoms.