Pedogamy
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Pedogamy is a type of sexual process observed in Protozoa, involving a union between two sister cells resulting from the division of a single parent organism. It is closely related to autogamy but is distinguished by the presence of a cell division that is absent in autogamy.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ПЕДОГАМИЯ (from Greek pais- child, child and gamos- marriage), one of the types of sexual process observed in Protozoa. The term P. denotes a sexual process between two sister cells, which are obtained by the division of one parent organism (see Lutogamy, scheme). P. is close to autogamy, differing from the latter by the presence of a cell division, which is absent in autogamy. Both these types of sexual process are united by Hartmann under the name automixis. P. is found in sun animals (for example, Actinophrys, Actinospnaerium); in some infusoria during conjugation (see) two individuals, only recently produced as a result of the division of one parent infusoria, are also capable of conjugating.
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“Pedogamy.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/pedogamy/