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hybridogenesis

hybridogenesis noun: a form of reproduction resembling parthenogenesis, but hemiclonal rather than completely asexual: half the genome is passed intact to the next generation, while the other half is discarded. It occurs in some animals that are hybrids between species.

Noun

hybridogenesis (uncountable)

  1. A form of reproduction resembling parthenogenesis, but hemiclonal rather than completely asexual: half the genome is passed intact to the next generation, while the other half is discarded. It occurs in some animals that are hybrids between species.

Origin of hybridogenesis

From hybrid + -o- + -genesis.

Questions about hybridogenesis

What does hybridogenesis mean?
Hybridogenesis means a form of reproduction resembling parthenogenesis, but hemiclonal rather than completely asexual: half the genome is passed intact to the next generation, while the other half is discarded. It occurs in some animals that are hybrids between species.
What part of speech is hybridogenesis?
Hybridogenesis is a noun.

Words near hybridogenesis in the dictionary

  1. hybridizes
  2. hybridizing
  3. hybridlike
  4. hybridly
  5. hybridness
  6. hybridogenesis
  7. hybridogenetic
  8. hybridogenetically
  9. hybridogenic
  10. hybridogenous
  11. hybridoma

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