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telegony Biol.|tɪˈlɛgənɪ|
[f. Gr. τῆλε tele- + -γονια begetting; cf. Gr. τηλέγονος ‘born far from one's fatherland’.]
The (hypothetical) influence of a previous sire seen in the progeny of a subsequent sire from the same mother.
1893W. N. Parker tr. Weismann's Germ-Plasm xii. 383 The phenomenon generally known as ‘infection of the germ’,—which, in case it really exists, I should prefer to speak of as telegony. 1899Daily News 20 June 8/5 ‘The Penycuik Experiments’,..undertaken to try and throw some light upon reversion and the difficult problem of telegony. 1900Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2046. 638 Telegony might prevail in the case of hereditary predisposition.
Hence teleˈgonic a., of or pertaining to telegony; teˈlegonous a., ‘of, pertaining to, or produced by telegony’ (Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895).
1893F. Finn in Nat. Science Dec. 436 Cases which seem difficult of explanation on any other than the Telegonic theory. 1897Ibid. Feb. 80 Telegonic influence of the zebra will be looked for. |