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

This is where the American paddlefish comes into as the team used sperm from this fish to start the gynogenesis in the sturgeon. —Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022

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

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