androgenesis

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English[edit]

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androgenesis

Etymology[edit]

From andro- +‎ -genesis.

Noun[edit]

androgenesis (usually uncountable, plural androgeneses)

(botany, zoology) Male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus.

Translations[edit]

fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus

Portuguese: androgenia f, androgénese f (Portugal), androgênese f (Brazil)

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