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ANDROGENY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization
Synonyms:
androgenesis; androgeny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("androgeny" is a kind of...):
parthenogenesis; parthenogeny (process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods)
Derivation:
androgenic (of or related to the male hormone androgen)
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