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androgenesis

 
(′an·drə′jen·ə·səs)

(embryology) Development of an embryo from a fertilized irradiated egg, involving only the male nucleus.


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IN BRIEF: n. - Male reproduction in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization.

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