ANDROGENESIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does androgenesis mean? 

• ANDROGENESIS (noun)
  The noun ANDROGENESIS has 1 sense:

1. male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization

  Familiarity information: ANDROGENESIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANDROGENESIS (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

androgenesis; androgeny

Hypernyms ("androgenesis" 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:

androgenetic; androgenous (of or related to androgenesis)