androgenesis
Noun
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Male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization (synset 113452895)
hypernym: parthenogenesis, parthenogeny - process in which an unfertilized egg develops into a new individual; common among insects and some other arthropodssynonym: androgeny
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