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gynogenesis

American

[jin-uh-jen-uh-sis, gahy-nuh-, jahy-] / ˌdʒɪn əˈdʒɛn ə sɪs, ˌgaɪ nə-, ˌdʒaɪ- /

noun

Biology.

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.

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

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