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gynogenesis

[jin-uh-jen-uh-sis, gahy-nuh-, jahy-]
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noun Biology.
  1. a type of reproduction by parthenogenesis that requires stimulation by a sperm to activate the egg into development but occurs without fusion of sperm and egg nuclei.
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Origin of gynogenesis

First recorded in 1920–25; gyno- + -genesis
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gynogenesis

(gī′nə-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs, jĭn′ə-)
n.
  1. The development of an embryo that contains only maternal chromosomes because the egg has been activated by sperm without fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei.
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