a form of fertilization of an egg by a sperm and its subsequent development where the sperm does not provide any genetic factors in the developmental process
Hybrid populations were first reported to reproduce clonally by either gynogenesisor parthenogenesis.
gynogenesis in American English
(ˌdʒɪnəˈdʒenəsɪs, ˌɡainə-, ˌdʒai-)
noun
Biology
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
Word origin
[1920–25; gyno- + -genesis]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, audio, follow-up, ski jump, zipper