merogony
noun
                                                                                                                            
                                                            me·rog·o·ny
                    
                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                  mə-ˈräg-ə-nē 
                                                      
                                                          
            
            
               plural merogonies            
        
    
                                
              
          
                                                      : development of an embryo by a process that is genetically equivalent to male parthenogenesis and that involves segmentation and differentiation of an egg or egg fragment deprived of its own nucleus but having a functional male nucleus introduced                                      
                
                    
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