the development of an embryo from part of the ovum
2. biology
asexual reproduction in protozoans that is characterized by multiple fission
merogony in American English
(məˈrɑɡəni)
noun
Embryology
the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus
Derived forms
merogonic (ˌmerəˈɡɑnɪk)merogonous
adjective
Word origin
[1899; mero- + -gony]
Examples of 'merogony' in a sentence
merogony
Their life cycle includes merogony with multinucleate plasmodia and sporogony leading to small, uninucleate spores.
Renate Radek, Christian Wurzbacher, Sebastian Gisder, R. Henrik Nilsson, Anja Owerfeldt,Elke Genersch, Paul M. Kirk, Kerstin Voigt 2017, 'Morphologic and molecular data help adopting the insect-pathogenic nephridiophagids(Nephridiophagidae) among the early diverging fungal lineages, close to the Chytridiomycota',MycoKeyshttps://mycokeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=12446. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This endospore protein also accumulated in the cytoplasm of both the merogony and sporoblast stages.
Yanhong Li, Meiling Tao, Fuping Ma, Guoqing Pan, Zeyang Zhou, Zhengli Wu 2015, 'A monoclonal antibody that tracks endospore formation in the microsporidium Nosemabombycis.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4374874?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Stages of merogony and gametogony are described.
Lainson R., Naiff R.D. 2000, 'On Eimeria bragancaensis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) and tissue-cysts of an unidentifiedprotozoan in the bat Peropteryx macrotis (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from AmazonianBrazil', Parasitehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2000072123. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)