Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The development of an embryo that contains chromosomes from only the male parent.

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  • noun male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus

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  • noun male parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only paternal chromosomes due to the failure of the egg nucleus to participate in fertilization

Etymologies

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andro- +‎ genesis

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Examples

  • PNAS introduced me to a brand new one: androgenesis, in which a species reproduces using only the DNA from sperm.

    Ars Technica John Timmer 2011

  • He suspects that androgenesis - the technical name for father-only reproduction - is responsible.

    Wired Top Stories Brandon Keim 2011

  • Corley-Smith GE, Brandhorst BP (1999) Preservation of endangered species and populations: a role for genome banking, somatic cell cloning, and androgenesis?

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • (et qua te ducit via dirige gressum, said Venus) androgenesis*.

    Farmboyz / Perge Modo Father Tony of the Farmboyz 2008

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