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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A form of reproduction resembling parthenogenesis, but hemiclonal rather than completely asexual: half the genome is passed intact to the next generation, while the other half is discarded. It occurs in some animals that are hybrids between species. uncountable

Etymology

From hybrid + -o- + -genesis.

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