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Definition of Androgenesis
1. Noun. Male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization.
Generic synonyms: Parthenogenesis, Parthenogeny
Derivative terms: Androgenetic, Androgenous, Androgenic
Definition of Androgenesis
1. [n -GENESES]
Medical Definition of Androgenesis
1. Egg development in the presence of paternal chromosomes only. Origin: andro-+ G. Genesis, production (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Androgenesis
Literary usage of Androgenesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biotechnology: Forestry and Forest Products: Bibliography January 1990 by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"N32 androgenesis in Quercus petraea, Fagus sylvatica, and Aesculus hippocastanum.
Jorgensen, J. New York, NY : Plenum Press. NATO ASI series : Series A ..."
2. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1873)
"... (for which he proposes to adopt Breyer's term androgenesis, referring to the
power possessed by the unimpregnated ova of producing male individuals). ..."
3. Lippincott's Medical dictionary: A Complete Vocabulary of the Terms Used in by Ryland W. Greene, Joseph Thomas (1906)
"Flow of milk from the mamma of the male. androgenesis (an-dro-jen'e-sis, L.
an-dro-ge'- ne-sis). ..."
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