gynogenesis

[ jin-uh-jen-uh-sis, gahy-nuh-, jahy- ]

noun

, Biology.

1. a type of reproduction by parthenogenesis that requires stimulation by a sperm to activate the egg into development but occurs without fusion of sperm and egg nuclei.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gynogenesis¹

First recorded in 1920–25; gyno- + -genesis

Example Sentences

“The Amazon molly female produces clones of itself by duping a male of a closely related species to mate with her. The asexual mode of reproduction termed gynogenesis requires the female to mate with a male but none of the male’s genome is passed to the offspring,” said geneticist Wesley Warren of the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.

From Reuters

“The Amazon molly female produces clones of itself by duping a male of a closely related species to mate with her. The asexual mode of reproduction termed gynogenesis requires the female to mate with a male but none of the male’s genome is passed to the offspring,” said geneticist Wesley Warren of the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.

From Reuters