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gynogenesis

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gyn·o·gen·e·sis (gn-jn-ss, jn-)
n.
The development of an embryo that contains only maternal chromosomes because the egg has been activated by sperm without fusion of the egg and sperm nuclei.
gynogenesis
development of an egg that is stimulated by a sperm in the absence of any participation of the sperm nucleus.


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In addition, the offspring developed gynogenetically from XX females are all female, whereas the gynogenesis of ZW females produces only all male offspring because WW embryos die at an early stage of development.
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