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gynogenesis

The English word “gynogenesis” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

From gyno- + -genesis.

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