hybridogenesis
Meanings
noun
- A form of reproduction resembling parthenogenesis, but hemiclonal rather than completely asexual: half the genome is passed intact to the next generation, while the other half is discarded. It occurs in some animals that are hybrids between species.
Word forms
Etymology
From hybrid + -o- + -genesis.
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