anautogenous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

an- +‎ autogenous

Adjective[edit]

anautogenous (not comparable)

  1. Not autogenous.
    • 2015 July 6, “Mating Reverses Actuarial Aging in Female Queensland Fruit Flies”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Here, we ascertain the roles of nutrition, ontogeny and mating as triggers for mitigation of aging in the Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tryoni, ‘Q-fly’), an anautogenous tephritid fly with pre-reproductive aging patterns that closely resemble those of medflies [17, 18 ].