NOUN
- female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus
How To Use gynogenesis In A Sentence
- Gynogenesis is like parthenogenesis in that diploid zygotes inheriting all chromosomes from their mother can develop without a genetic contribution from males.
- Based on these two indicators, the effectiveness on the gene homogenization by one generation of gynogenesis was 3 and 6 times higher than that from one generation of full-sib inbreeding respectively.
- Archbishop Cranmer has a nice article about the feminisation of British politics and decries the creation of "‘Department of Energy and Climate Change’, neutering the virility of potency with the gynogenesis of Mother Earth. Archive 2008-10-01