gynogenesis

noun

gy·​no·​gen·​e·​sis ˌgī-nə-ˈje-nə-səs  ji- 

: development in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to activation of an egg by a sperm that degenerates without fusing with the egg nucleus

gynogenetic

ˌgī-nə-jə-ˈne-tik 

ji-

adjective

Examples of gynogenesis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Moreover, aquaculturists had previously used sperm from paddlefish to trigger gynogenesis in other sturgeon species and vice versa, and none of those experiments had ever produced crossbreeds. — Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020

This new sturddlefish came into existence when the research team tried to breed more Russian sturgeons via gynogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction in which sperm is necessary but leaves no traces of its DNA behind. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022

Word History

Etymology

gyno- + genesis, after androgenesis

Note: The term was introduced by the American biologist Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856-1939) in The Cell in Development and Heredity, third edition (New York: 1925), p. 460.

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gynogenesis

• biogenesis
• diagenesis
• histogenesis
• lipogenesis
• morphogenesis
• mutagenesis
• neurogenesis
• oncogenesis
• ontogenesis
• paragenesis
• pathogenesis
• petrogenesis

Medical Definition

gynogenesis

noun

gy·​no·​gen·​e·​sis -ˈjen-ə-səs 

plural gynogeneses -ˌsēz 

: development in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to activation of an egg by a sperm that degenerates without fusing with the egg nucleus compare androgenesis

gynogenetic

-jə-ˈnet-ik 

adjective