Thelygeny

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The production of only female offspring. uncountable

    "If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny)."

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"If monogeny is determined exclusively by a cytoplasmic factor, then it is easy to see that the factor will either die out (if it causes arrhenogeny) or will become fixed and thereby sterilize the population (if it causes thelygeny)."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θῆλυς (thêlus) + -geny.

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