gynogenesis
noun
gy·no·gen·e·sis ˌgī-nə-ˈje-nə-səs 
ji-
ji- : development in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to activation of an egg by a sperm that degenerates without fusing with the egg nucleus
gynogenetic
ˌgī-nə-jə-ˈne-tik
adjective ji-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web This is where the American paddlefish comes into as the team used sperm from this fish to start the gynogenesis in the sturgeon. 
Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This new sturddlefish came into existence when the research team tried to breed more Russian sturgeons via gynogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction in which sperm is necessary but leaves no traces of its DNA behind. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This new sturddlefish came into existence when the research team tried to breed more Russian sturgeons via gynogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction in which sperm is necessary but leaves no traces of its DNA behind. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This is where the American paddlefish comes into as the team used sperm from this fish to start the gynogenesis in the sturgeon. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This is where the American paddlefish comes into as the team used sperm from this fish to start the gynogenesis in the sturgeon. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This is where the American paddlefish comes into as the team used sperm from this fish to start the gynogenesis in the sturgeon. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This new sturddlefish came into existence when the research team tried to breed more Russian sturgeons via gynogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction in which sperm is necessary but leaves no traces of its DNA behind. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 Moreover, aquaculturists had previously used sperm from paddlefish to trigger gynogenesis in other sturgeon species and vice versa, and none of those experiments had ever produced crossbreeds. Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020 See More
Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This new sturddlefish came into existence when the research team tried to breed more Russian sturgeons via gynogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction in which sperm is necessary but leaves no traces of its DNA behind. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This new sturddlefish came into existence when the research team tried to breed more Russian sturgeons via gynogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction in which sperm is necessary but leaves no traces of its DNA behind. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This is where the American paddlefish comes into as the team used sperm from this fish to start the gynogenesis in the sturgeon. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This is where the American paddlefish comes into as the team used sperm from this fish to start the gynogenesis in the sturgeon. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This is where the American paddlefish comes into as the team used sperm from this fish to start the gynogenesis in the sturgeon. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 This new sturddlefish came into existence when the research team tried to breed more Russian sturgeons via gynogenesis, a type of asexual reproduction in which sperm is necessary but leaves no traces of its DNA behind. Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Apr. 2022 Moreover, aquaculturists had previously used sperm from paddlefish to trigger gynogenesis in other sturgeon species and vice versa, and none of those experiments had ever produced crossbreeds. Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
gyno- + genesis, after androgenesis
Note: The term was introduced by the American biologist Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856-1939) in The Cell in Development and Heredity, third edition (New York: 1925), p. 460.
First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
gynogenesis
noun
gy·no·gen·e·sis -ˈjen-ə-səs
plural gynogeneses -ˌsēz
: development in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to activation of an egg by a sperm that degenerates without fusing with the egg nucleus compare androgenesis