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Adelphogamy

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Amnon committed both rape and incest when he assaulted his half-sister Tamar

Adelphogamy is a form of sexual partnership between sibling eukaryotes, especially in some species of fungi, flowering plants or ants, or in humans.[1] In flowering plants, adelphogamy refers to sibling pollination: pollen and stigma belong to two individuals which derives from same mother plant.[2]

In sociology, the term adelphogamy or adelphic polyandry may also refer to fraternal polyandry, or to an incestuous relationship between a brother and sister.[3][4]

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  1. ^ "adelphogamy, n." OED Online, Oxford University Press, March 2022, www.oed.com/view/Entry/2256. Accessed 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ Rieger, R.; Michaelis, A.; Green, M. M. (1991). Glossary of Genetics. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-75333-6. ISBN 978-3-540-52054-2.
  3. ^ "adelphogamy". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  4. ^ Rudmin, Floyd Webster (1992). "Cross-Cultural Correlates of the Ownership of Private Property: A Look from Another Data Base". Anthropologica. 34 (1): 71–88. doi:10.2307/25605633. hdl:1974/2575. JSTOR 25605633.
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  • The dictionary definition of sibcest at Wiktionary