anautogenous en · ADJ
Etymology
From an- + autogenous.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not autogenous.
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 ].
2015 July 6, “Mating Reverses Actuarial Aging in Female Queensland Fruit Flies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: