| English Dictionary |
GYNOGENESIS
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does gynogenesis mean?
• GYNOGENESIS (noun)
The noun GYNOGENESIS has 1 sense:
1. female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus
Familiarity information: GYNOGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("gynogenesis" is a kind of...):
parthenogenesis; parthenogeny (process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropods)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Clothes maketh the man." (English proverb)
"With all things and in all things, we are relatives." (Native American proverb, Sioux)
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." (Arabic proverb)
"It's not only cooks that wear long knives." (Dutch proverb)
"With all things and in all things, we are relatives." (Native American proverb, Sioux)
"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." (Arabic proverb)
"It's not only cooks that wear long knives." (Dutch proverb)