GYNOGENESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("gynogenesis" is a kind of...):

parthenogenesis; parthenogeny (process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods)

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