Autocarp — 15 — Azygote 



Auxesis. — The chemical or physical induction of cell division. 



Auxetic. — Any substance which induces, or increases, cell 

 division. 



Auximone. — A growth-stimulating substance in plant food. 



Auxin. — CjgHggOg, a growth promoting plant hormone pro- 

 duced at growing points. 



Auxocyte. — A mother-cell whose nucleus has started to divide 

 meiotically. 



Auxone. — Any substance which is biologically highly active. 



Auxospireme. — The spireme-thread in meiosis which appears 

 after the association of homologous chromosomes at syndesis. 



Azygosperm. — A spore formed from an unfertilized gamete; 

 parthenospore ; azygospore. 



Azygospore. — Azygosperm, g.v. 



Azygote. — An individual produced as a result of haploid 

 parthenogenesi s. 



