Associations to the word «Androgenesis»

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Wiktionary

ANDROGENESIS, noun. Male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus

Dictionary definition

ANDROGENESIS, noun. Male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization.

Wise words

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