gynogenesis

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

gyno- + -genesis

Noun [edit]

gynogenesis

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