androgenesis
noun
an·dro·gen·e·sis ˌan-drō-ˈje-nə-səs 
: development of an embryo containing only paternal chromosomes due to failure of the egg to participate in fertilization
androgenetic
ˌan-drō-jə-ˈne-tik
adjective 
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The possibility of androgenesis is just one of many mysteries about Squalius alburnoides. 
Steph Yin, New York Times, 26 May 2017
Steph Yin, New York Times, 26 May 2017 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Androgenese, from andro- andro- + Genese genesis
Note: The term Androgenese was introduced by the German physiologist Max Verworn (1863-1921) in "Die physiologische Bedeutung des Zellkerns," Archiv für die gesamte Physiologie (Pflügers Archiv), Band 51 (1892), p. 81.
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
androgenesis
noun
an·dro·gen·e·sis ˌan-drə-ˈjen-ə-səs
plural androgeneses -ˌsēz
: development in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization compare gynogenesis
- heterotelic
- heterothallic
- heterothallism
- heterothallisms
- heterothecae
- heterothecas
- heterotic
- heterotopias
- heterotopic
- heterotopies
- heterotrich
- Heterotricha
- Heterotrichales
- heterotrichaleses
- heterotrichalesses
- Heterotrichida
- heterotrichous
- heterotrichy
- heterotropal
- heterotroph
- heterotroph hypothesis
- heterotrophic
- heterotrophically
- heterotrophies
- heterotrophs