GYNOGENESIS


Meaning of GYNOGENESIS in English

/jin'euh jen"euh sis, guy'neuh-, juy'-/ , n. Biol.

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.

[ 1920-25; GYNO- + -GENESIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .