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[[File:Fig 05.gif|thumb|<font size="2"> '''Fig. 1.''' Standard dimorphic or trimorphic reproductive cycle in benthic, medium- to large-sized foraminifera according to Goldstein, 1999. Schizogeny, eventually repeated several times, may be widespread in larger foraminifera from oligotrophic habitats. Planktic foraminifera seem to have no dimorphic life cycle. Life cycles are linked in various ways to seasonal cycles. Example: ''Heterostegina depressa'' d'Orbigny, equatorial sections, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (from Hottinger, 1977); (Hottinger, 2006; fig. 5 [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html] '''CC'''/BY-NC-SA)]]

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==Definition==
*''according to Hottinger (2006):''
'''AGAMONT''' - specimen grown from the zygote, producing either gamonts or schizonts in an asexual process involving apogamous nuclear divisions and/or meiosis. Foraminiferal agamonts, produced by a sexual reproduction, are called microspheric ([[B - form]]). See also: [[brood chamber]]

==See also==
* [[agamogony]] 
* [[brood chamber]]
* [[B - form]]
* [[gamont]] 
* [[schizont]]
==References==
Goldstein S.T. (1999), Foraminifera, a biological overview. In: Sen Gupta B.K. (ed.), Modern Foraminifera. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dortrecht, p. 37-55.

Hottinger (1977), Foraminifères operculiniformes. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (Série C, Sciences de la terre), t. XL, 159 p. + 66 pls.

Hottinger (2006), [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Illustrated glossary of terms used in foraminiferal research]. [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/uk-index.html Carnets de Géologie], [http://paleopolis.rediris.es/cg/CG2006_M02/index.html Memoir 2], ISSN 1634-0744                 
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