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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

androgeny

Etymology

From andro- + -genesis.

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