Apomixis is biological
reproduction without fertilization,
meiosis or production of
gametes. An
apomict is an organism which chiefly reproduces this way.
Parthenogenesis is an animal form of apomixis. In certain plants this kind of reproduction is called
apogamy[?]. Although the
evolutionary advantages of
sexual reproduction are lost, apomixis does pass along traits fortuitous for individual evolutionary fitness.